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TH£ LIFE OF 



meni to the King of Prujfia. — Obtains his pardon, 

 and goes to France. — Forms an intimacywith fome 

 of the mojl dijiingtiifhed charaEiers there. — Pro- 

 ceedings of the Con'uentiont and anecdotes of the per - 

 fans principally concerned in the maffacre of the 

 King, 'zcu'th the proceffion to his trial. 



In November 1784, I left Prudia, and by the 

 way of Lubeck, went again to Copenhagen; 

 here I flaid a few days. I then fet out for Eng- 

 land, charged with letters for government from 

 Mr. Elliot, and arrived on the 23d of Decem- 

 ber. I delivered the packet, with which I was 

 intrufted, according to inftrudlions, and having 

 fpent fome little time in London, I returned to 

 the Continent, partly to gratify my turn for 

 military operations, and partly on confidential 

 bufinefs. I continued to go backward and for- 

 ward as bufinefs or inclination led me, till an 

 event took place, which firft fitted my name for 

 the mouth of calumny, and which has humbled 

 me in my own ty^^, more than in thofe of the 

 public. Though this has been told and retailed 

 a thoufand' times, and though I am far from ac- 

 cufing either a judge or a jury, of willing injuf- 

 tice, ftill will I boldly affirm, that it is not only 

 poflible for both to be mifiaken, but that it is 

 often impofllble for any but the man himfelf to 

 judge of his own ititentms. The cafe flood thus 



with. 



