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had announced himfelf: But now the veil of inn-' 

 pofition was removed, and they ftyle him what he 

 really was, " Minijler Plenipotentiary of the Ele^or 

 " of Brunfwick Lunebiirg-," and to the perfon 

 whom he appointed charge d' affairs, they give 

 the title only oi Attorney. The charges he brought 

 againft mc are fcverely, but juflly characterized, 

 and his pretended authority declared not to 

 exilt. But the difgrace of the tranfaction did 

 not perhaps wound the Baron fo deep as the 

 expences; for as he had taken every confequence 

 upon himfelf, he was ordered to pay all that had 

 been incurred by my arreft, amounting to a 

 fum far exceeding my ideas, and far too heavy 

 for his purfe to bear without much inconve- 

 nience. I pofitively refufed to fubmit to that 

 part of the decree, which required me to give 

 ray word not to leave the territories of Augf- 

 burg, till I had paid the Baron his 32 Louis- 

 d'ors; for as I could obtain no fatisfaction for 

 my imprifonment without the tedious, and per- 

 haps fruitlcfs mode of applying to court, I was 

 refolved to detain the only trifling indemnity I 

 could hope for. 



I was much indebted on this difagreeable oc- 

 cafion to Mr. Walpole, who fnewed me many 

 elfential marks of friendfliip. I cannot attri- 

 bute thefe to any perfonal attachment, as I had 

 only fcen him in my way lo Augfourg, as I 



paffed 



