S2 THE LIFE OF 



ket at me, we were iiiftantly furrounded by a 

 crowd of pikes, and a general outcry of " Ce 

 font des ci-devant s." 



All we could fay availed nothing ; we were 

 carried before the CommifTaries of the fedion of 

 the Temple ; but not being able to fatisfy them, 

 I was obliged to write to Beruyer in their pre- 

 fence, who no fooner received my note than he 

 came,, with his whole General Staff, and deli- 

 vered us, 



A very pacific perfon, not yet m.entioned, who 

 was impelled by curiofity alone, was involved 

 in this adventure, which, as Beruyer obferved, 

 made him haften to my afUltance, lead, by the 

 fmalleft delay, he might have met my head on 

 a pike. This was no other than Mr. Newcomb^ 

 the Boot-maker, mounted on my bejl charger, which, 

 at his own requeft, I had lent him, that he 

 might follow me to fee the proceilion of the 

 unhappy monarch to that tribunal which even- 

 tually deprived him of life. 



In his way to his former attendance the King 

 had received fome, though not much infult, yeC 

 enoup^h to diforrace, before all mankind, the un- 

 feeling wretches who could be bafe enough to ufe 

 it; but now^a gang of fervants belonging to that 



UNIVERSALLY DETESTED ARCH TrAITOR, 



Orleans, together with a hireling crew devo- 

 ted to him, uttered fuch Ihocking abufe, fuch 



inhuman 



