_Hypatia_’s Lovers, one of whom she cured of his Passion, in a very particular Manner.
A Lady of such uncommon Merit and Accomplishments as _Hypatia_, daily surround with a Circle of young Gentelmen, many of them distinguished by their Fortune or Quality; besides her frequently appearing in publick Assemblies, and receiving Visits from Persons of the first Rank, could not possibly fail being sometimes importuned with Addresses of Gallantry. Such Attempts the severest Virtue cannot avoid, tho’ it can deny Incouragement, and make Success to be despaired. How many Trials of this kind _Hypatia_ may have overcome, we are left to imagine rather than to know, thro’ the Silence of Historians, who either thought it below their Gravity to record such Things, or that the Works of those who descended to Particulars are lost. One Instance however has escaped the common Wreck of good Books; nor can I doubt but several others might be contained in the _Life of_ Isidorus, out of which there is Reason to believe, that _Suidas_ picked what I am going to relate.