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at eleven o'clock; and at the parade I was pre- 

 fented to the Prince. 



When thefe prefentations were over, and the 

 parade ended, the King's running footman met 

 me in my way, giving me an invitation to dine 

 with the Prince. This was the etiquette at 

 Potfdam ; for though you are entertained at the 

 Prince's, the invitation is really the King's. 

 The Marquis de Bouille, Monfieur De Cuftine, 

 {fince guillotined at Paris,) and feveral other 

 officers were the fame day prefented, and receiv- 

 ed fimilar invitations. 



Notwithftanding the King had feveral empty 

 palaces, the Prince was obliged to content nim- 

 felf with a lodging at a brewer's houfe. Here 

 we all met, in a fmall dining-room : where we 

 had an elegant entertainment, very handfomely 



ferved. 



This fuite of apartments might be called the 

 Prince's q/le?i/Il^Ie lodgings ; but he had extended 

 them far beyond the brewer's houfe, by occu- 

 pying parts of two or three adjacent houfes. 

 His Majefty was equally niggardly with refpeft 

 to fcrvants, of which he allowed the Prince 

 very few ; but feveral handfome young fellows, 

 who had no warlike inclmations, were glad to 

 purchafe the Prince's livery, and wear it with- 

 out wages, as a protedlion from being forced 

 into the army. Though the enlargement of the 



apartments 



