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about three o’clock, alighted from his coach, stripped 
off his coat, ribbands, &c., and appeared in a linen 
jacket and breeches, with leather spatterdashes. He 
was attended by eight pages in almost the same 
kind of dress, each of whom carried a gun, and one 
of these guns was always ready charged for the 
King ; as soon as that was discharged, another, and 
sO on: next to these were ten or twelve Swiss guards, 
all (as well as the King) on foot ; about were some 
of his Majesty’s principal officers, whose business 
it was to attend, with a physician, surgeon, &c. on 
horseback, and a few persons of distinction, as the 
Marechal de Nouailles, and their friends, of which 
number were Broussonet and I, for it was a great 
favour to be allowed to follow the King. His Ma- 
jesty went several times up and down the fields, 
killing almost every thing he aimedat. Hearing 
there were some Englishmen in his train, (there 
were one or two beside me,) he desired the Mare- 
chal de Nouailles to ask us if we had heard any 
thing of the attempt on our King’s life, and bade 
him tell us that he himself had had a full account 
of the affair, and that the King was safe. This was 
a very polite piece of condescension. Since that I 
have seen the whole story, for all the English papers 
are at Paris. In the evening Broussonet and I 
returned to Paris. You will easily imagine here are 
things innumerable to be seen, and I must postpone 
particulars to future conversations. Some are fine, 
and some paltry. Traces of Henry IV. and Louis 
XIV. appear everywhere. Here are many fine 
buildings, but mostly left unfinished, or now in the 
