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OF THE DRUIDS. 175hid ill the shoos of his servants; for that he didnot expect to find any barbarian so equitable,believing her ransom wou'd have cost him muchmore. Next day the wife inform'd the Gaul whata great sum of gold tliere was, and bids him killXanthus; assuring him, that she lov'd him betterthan her country or her child, and that she mortallyhated Xanthus. Cavara took no delight in thisdeclaration, and resolv'd in his own mind fromthat moment to punish her. Now when Xanthusw as in haste to depart, the Gaul very kindly permittedit, going with him part of the way, andleading Erippe. When the barbarian had accompany'dthem as far as the mountains of Gaule,he said, that, before they parted, he was mindedto offer a sacrifice; and having adorn'd the victim,he desir'd Erippe to lay hold of it: whichslie doing, as at other times she was accustom'd,he brandishVl his sword at her, ran her thro', andcutoff her head; but pray'd Xanthus not to beat all concern'd, discovering her treachery to him,and permitting him to take away all his gold.'Tis no more hence to be concluded, because noDruid is mention'd, that Cavara offer'd this sacrificewithout the ministry of one or more such (unlesshe was of their number himself, which is notimprobable) than that a man of his quality wasattended by no servants, because they are not speciallymentionVl: for ordinary, as well as necessarycircumstances, are ever suppos^'d by good