4' THE LIFE or 



Had fhe not mentioned uncandidly a tranfac- 

 tion which I cannot think upon without regret, 

 I fhould have wifhed it to have been buried in 

 eternal filence; I mean where Mr. K. and 

 myfelf are reported by her to have ufed unfair 

 condu(fl to a young Irilhman in a duel. The 

 young gentleman, who was about my own age, 

 undoubtedly fell; but nothing unfair took 

 place : the whole buiinefs paffed in the prefence 

 of Mr. D., a refpe6lable inhabitant of London, 

 who is yet alive; and him I expedl and entreat 

 to expofe me as a villain if there was any foul 

 play on my fide. Befides, if there needs a 

 llronger proof of my conduit, I myfelf carried 

 the, unfortunate man to his lodgings, where, at 

 his own requefl, I remained with him feveral 

 hours, till prudence obliged me to provide for 

 my own fafety from the effedls of the law, by 

 leaving Lifle, and retiring to Tournay. The 

 procefs was carried on in Mr. K.'s abfence and 

 mine ; and we were, as Mrs. G. jufily relates, 

 hung in c&igy, the form of declaring outlawry 

 there; a ceremony which I was rafh enough to 

 come into Lifle to fee; a raflinefs which had 

 nearly coft me dear, for I was difcovered, and had 

 much difficulty to effeduate my retreat to the 

 Imperial territory ; and after remaining fome 

 time at Tournay, I went to Bruficls. 



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