Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-10-20
From Z late London faber.

From = late L0lld0U I1pe1.
COMFORT FOR THE AFFLICTED.
The great philosopher Citofle, said one
day to woman in affection, and who had
much reason to be so, Madam, the queen
of England, daughter Of the great Henry
Nv. was as miserable as you she was dri-
ven out of her kingdom she had liked to
be shipwrecked; she saw her royal consort
behcaded on scafold.' s / am sorry for
her. said the lady, and continued 10 bswali
her misfortunes.
Bot said Citofle, resollfc Ct Mary
Stuart, she was honorablv in love with a gal
laAt musician, who had an excellent bass
Her husband killed her musician before her
face and afterwards her good friend and
relation, queen Elizabeth, who called her
self virgin, caused her head to be cat oai'
on the scafold hung with black, after having
kept her IN prison eighteen years That
was cruel replied the lady, and immediate
ly relapsed into her melancholy.
YOU have heard, Perhaps continued the
comforter, Of the beautiful Joan of Naples,
who was apprehended and strangleti.' Il
have confused idea Of it, answered tn
mourner.
must tell YOU added the other, the
story Of queen, who, in ray memory, was
dethroned after supper, and died in desart
isiand.' I know all ,hat story replied the
lady.
Wei then, must tell you, what hap
psned to another great princess whom In
structed in philosophy. She, like all other
great and beautiful princesses, had lover.
Her father came into the chamber and sur.
priced the lover, whose face was all in a
fame, and lis eyes were as red as a carbun-
Gle the lady's complexion was alto greatly
heightened. The young mans looks so dis
gusted the father, that he saluted him with
the most violent box On the ear, that had
ever been given III his province. The lover
snatched Up a pair OF tongs, and broke his
father-in laws head, which, with great diff
fcuity was healed, and he has sill the scar
of that wound. The distracted fair enc
jumped our Of the window, and sprained her
anele; SO thar she is now visibly lame, tho
in Other respects her figure is admirable
The lover was condemned to be hanged for
breaking the head of very great princc--
you may imagine the stuation of the
princess, whcn her lover Was led to The
ga!iows. saw her long after, while she
was IN prison: she never SPOKE to me
but Of her misfortuncs." Why ta,:a
would you not have me think OF mine p
sad the lady. because, replied the
philosopher, YOU ought not to t!aink OF
sn@,a ana because SO many greae ladies
having b~en so miserable, it would Ill be-
come you to d.sraalr. Think OF 1Iecaoa,
tilins u Nioby.' al ? SAID the lady, If
li.sd lived II sheir tine, or IN thai OF SO
lna-y beautiful pginctss.s, and if, for their
consolation, you had r~ .ated TO them nv
nlisiortuaes, Go you think 5lass they wcald
nave listened to You
Thv next day the philosopher lost his on
y son, and " S ust ready 10 die for grief:
the lady drew up a list OF all the kings who
had lost their children, and carried it to the
philosopher: he read it, found it very ex-
act, and wept as much as before.
Three months after, they met again, and
were asronished to find each o,ler in good
spirits-They erected beautiful statue to
Time, with this inscrlpton-To THE Com
PORTER.