Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-08-20
THE GREAT CONSIDER.
Translated from the French Of Tohatre, JoT Inc
Southern Literary Messenger

Translated from the French OF b0Hdt'e J" ~
Southern Literary Messenger.
The Great philosopher, Citophilus, said ! one on.
day to disconsola,e lady, Madam, an Eng
lish Queen, daughter of the great Hehiy ~.
was no less unhappy than you are. one was
driven from her kingdom: she narrowly escap,
ed death in storm at sea- she beheld her royal
husband perish on the scaffold." =" am sorry
for her." said the lady-and fell weeping at
her own misfortunes.
But" said Citophilus remember MARY
Stuart. She was very becomingly IN love % HIon
gallant musician, with fine tenor voice. nel
husband slew the musician before her lace; ana
then her good friend and relation, Eiizaoeth,
who called herself the Virgin Queen, had ner
beheaded on scaffold hung with plack, a,lei
an Imprisonment of eighteen years" Nat
was very cruel" replied the lady-and she p'ung-
ed again into sorrow
''You have perhaps heard" said her comior-
ter s. of the fair Jane of Naples, who was taken
prisoner and strangled?" 81 have confused
recollection of her." said the afflicted one.
81 must tell YOU" added the other, 1.-THE tate
Of a Queen, who, within my own time was de-.
throncd by night and died in desert island"
81 know all that story" answered the lady
"WelI, then, will inform you of what oelel
great princess, whom taught philosophy. She
had lover, all great and handsome prin-
cesses have Her father once entered her cham,
ber surprised the lover, whose features were all
on fire, and whose eye sparkled like diamond:
she, too, had most lovely complexion. Inc
young genteman's look so displeased the IA
| Their, that he administered to him the most enor-
nous box on the ear, ever given IN that coun-
| try. The lover seized pair Of tongs, and
broke the old genteman's head which was cur
ed with difficulty and still carries the scar. The
nymph, in despair, sprang through the window;
and dislocated her foot in such way, that she
to this day limps perceptibly, though her mem
is otherwise admirable. The lover was con-
demned to die, for having broken the head OF
puissant monarch. You may judge the con-
diton of the princess, when her lover was led
| forth to be hanged. saw her during her long
/ Imprisonment: she could speak of nothing but
her Affections"
"Then why would you not have me brood over
mine?" said the lady. Because" said the phi
! losopher I" you ought not TO brood over them;
! Think ofHecuba of Nobe." "Ah!n said the lady,
and because, so many great ladies having been
so miserable. it i'll becomes yom TO despair.
if had lived in their time, in that OF all your
fine princesses, and you, to comfort them, had
told them, my misfnrunes do you think they
would have listened to you?"
The next day, the philosopher lost his only
son, and was on the point oil dying with grief
The lady had list prepared, of all the kings
who had lost their children, and carried it to The
| philosopher: he read il, found it correct, and
- wept on, as much as ever. Three months
after they met again; and were surprised 10
/ find each other cheerful and gay. They caus-
! ed handsome statue to be reared to TIME, with
| this inscription: "To THE GREAT coNsoLER"