"Ochihatou came to Assadid, and had the Boldness to declare his Pretensions to my Princess: the Gracefulness of his Person, the engaging Manner of his Address, his Wit, his Gallantry, and perhaps his Science, had so powerful an Effect, that he no sooner came, than conquer'd; her Heart that had withstood the Assaults of so many Sovereign Princes, yielded to the first Summons of a Man no way her equal; and as she was of a Humour averse to all kinds of Deceit, she endeavoured not to disguise the Tenderness he had inspired her with, but gave him all the Proofs of it that Modesty would permit."
Adventures of Eovaai
4 entries in ESTC (1736, 1741). Retitled in second edition as <u>The Unfortunate Princess: or the Life and Surprizing Adventures of the Princess of Ijaveo</u>.<br>
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See <u>Adventures of Eovaai. Princess of Ijaveo. A Pre-Adamitical History. Interspersed with a great Number of remarkable Occurrences, which happened, and may again happen, to several Empires, Kingdoms, Republicks, and particular Great Men. With some Account of the Religion, Laws, Customs, and Policies of those Times. Written originally in the Language of Nature, (of later Years but little understood.) First translated into Chinese, at the command of the Emperor, by a Cabal of Seventy Philosophers; and now retranslated into English, by the Son of a Mandarin, residing in London.</u> (London: Printed for S. Baker, 1736). &lt<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T57423">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW114435542&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Women Writers Online. &lt;<a href="http://textbase.wwp.brown.edu/WWO/search?browse-all=yes;brand=wwo#!/view/haywood.eovaai.xml">Link to WWO</a>&gt;