they carried hir to the Fountaines iust at hand (for their lot was such to be casten away their), and sold hir to the Duc and Dutchesse.  Dom Fernand, finding that he was in his oune country, and knowing that the Ducks house, who was his old freind, was neir he went to visit him, wheir to his amazement he fand the litle Almahide, who came runing to him and velcomed him.  Heir the Duc choses Fernand to be his sones gouueneur, and appointes the beautiful Almahide to stay their to bear his sone company.

    [365] Swoon.

All this while Morayzel could gett no newes of his daughter, which was no small greife to him.  In the interim the fierce and fair Semahis, his Lady, wt hir charmes conqueres so many souls to hir beck that being ambitious she brought Grenade in hazard.

After this is intervoven a lang but pretty description of the house called Fontaines.  Love begines incessantly to grow betuixt them.  The only obstacle was she was still mahometane, which the sclaves had infused in hir.  Yet on a tyme young Ponce mocking merrily at the fopperies of the Alcoran she tournes Christian.  On this their love takes new strenthe:  on a tyme he impartes it to hir; from whom at lenth he getts a promise of hir fidelity to him.  After she turned Christian she got the name of Aminte.  Theirs sowen in a pretty dispute that happened, what might be the prettiest of flowers, and its generally by Aminte also concluded on the Tulip.

Their fame cannot be long confined at the Fontaines, but its at the Court of Sewill already; which drawes many galland persons to come sy them, and amongs others Dom Alvare, who proved to Ponce de Leon a Rivall, who expressing his affection to the fair Grenadine both in verses and lettres it occasioned bad intelligence betuixt him and Ponce, so that it comes to a combat, wheirin Ponce carries away the victory.  And it was like to have occasioned more mischeif had not Fernand, Ponce his governor, writen to the Duc to fetche away Aminte, who was the occasion of their striv, which the Duc obeyes, sending a coach for hir to carry hir to Sewil, who having renewed hir promise of fidelity to Ponce leives him their a very sorry man.  Thus ends the first Book.

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    [366] Half a page blank.  There follows here an essay in French or
        notes of a lecture on the study of law, a juvenile performance. 
        Though inserted in the MS. book it is not part of the Journal.  It
        has been printed here as it stands.

Il y a deuz methodes pour estudier le droit, ou par la voye du text ou par celle des quaestions:  certes le chemin du text est le plus asserre, plus solide et moins trompeur.  Pour le text comme guides wous vous attacherez a Vinneus, ou vous trouwerez cela qu’il est de la scholastick:  a Sucidiwen non paralelle quant est de la practique.  A la glosse ou Accurse si vous souhaitez les cas et les especes des loix:  si vous ne tirez pas toute la satisfaction possible quant est de la text de ceux-cy, feuilletez Bartol, Cuiace et Azon dans son Summa, de qui autrefois l’on disoit, Qui non habet Azonem vendat pallium.  Si vous voudrez chicaner ou jusque an moindres points epluscher une loix dans la text vous trouverez vostre conte dans Antonius Faber.