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and six, followed the young gentlemen of our suite, and our second 
interpreter Gricorasco ; after them, about twenty carriages of the nobility. 
The whole was accompanied by a squadron of hussars; and to prevent 
the pressure of the crowd, and to preserve the order of the procession, 
two hundred officers of police, with sticks in their hands, marched on 
the right and left, clearing the road, and thus the whole train moved in 
great pomp and state. The cavalry drawn up on both sides, and the officers 
of police walking on foot used every exertion to shew their zeal, and perform 
their respective functions. Those who looked on were amazed and astonished ; 
yet without the least hindrance from the immense crowd, we arrived at the 
garden of the Kine, called St. James’s Park. Here is the palace of the 
Queen, from the windows of which, the Kine, the QuzEN, the PrincessEs 
and their relatives were looking at the procession. As they had never before 
seen horses so richly dressed and caparisoned, they were extremely pleased, 
and had the horses led near the palace windows, in order to have a better view 
of them. This stopped the carriages for a few minutes, after which they 
moved again. Coming out by the gate of the garden called the Green Park, 
we came into the high road called Piccadilly, and in regular order, to the gate 
of St. James’s Palace. Here the horses were sent away to their places, and 
we were met by the secretary of His Majesty the Kine (Secretary of State), 
and the second mihmdnddr, my Lord Bosco,* who conducted us to a room, 
where we rested. Here were drawn up the officerst of the palace (the 
Guards), who, as we passed between them, paid us obeisance (presented arms). 
All this time the imperial credentials (the source of favour) were in the 
hands of our secretary of the embassy. After the lapse of a quarter of an 
hour, one of the lords came to invite us to the room of the dfvin (state 
apartment), where the king was seated on a seat of red velvet, appropriated 
to himself alone, and where all the great men and ministers, and the foreign 
envoys, were assembled in the form of a divén. When he had delivered his 
message, another lord came to arrange the gentlemen of our suite. These 
were followed by our Dragoman, the English interpreter, and the Secretary 
of the Kine (Secretary of State); after them followed our secretary, bearing 
the imperial letters; and after him, the humble writer of this memoir, 
* Hues Boscawen, Esq., Knight Marshal, and Marshal of the Ceremonies. 
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