tj% THE LIFE OJ- 



ther moleilation, or perfecution; promptnefs, 

 courage, and my fword were my only fortune, 

 nor could I Co thriftily employ it as in the har- 

 vefl of danger. 



I flattered myfelf with vain expedations, for 

 at that moment, a new perfccution was levellecj 

 nt me, from a quarter whence I leaft expeded 

 ib bafc an attack. 



It was I believe on the firfl of December 1793, 

 I was fitting on a fopha, in the room I oc,(;:upi- 

 .ed, in my hotel, in the very acil of fealing a fe- 

 cond letter to Mr. Dundas, renewing my folici- 

 tations to be employed in the enterprife I had 

 already defcribed to him. Mrs. S. was fitting 

 by me, lirtle fufped.ing that any evil awaited 

 Tis — when in a moment, two different folding 

 doors, w hich opened into my room, at oppolite 

 angles, were violently burft open, and I was 

 inflantineoufly encircled, by a detachment of 

 infantry, to the number of thirty-fix. They 

 ■were commanded by a Lieutenant, who told me 

 1 was his prifoncr; I aiked him on what ac- 

 count, but this he refufed to tell me, or by what 

 authority he came to arrefl mej I therefore re- 

 fufed to obey, and affumcd a pofition of refift- 

 ancc, till I fliould be fatisfied by what right he 

 prefumed to aft in fuch a manner. The adling 

 Burgomafier was at hand, and immediately en- 

 tering the room, aflured me that the magiftrates 



were 



