MAJOR SEMPLE LISLE. I5I 



ing that D'Omptcda could not bring forward 

 even the fhadow of a charge againft me, and 

 fufpecling from various circumftances that he 

 aded in the name of his Britannic Majefly with- 

 out authority, gave me the liberty of walking 

 about the town with a fingie guard, more by way 

 of form than fecurity. The firft ufe I made of 

 this privilege, was to write to the Raron in a 

 manner to try whether he could fhelter his want 

 of courage, as well as his want of honour behind 

 his diplomatic characfter. 



That letter having had no efFed, I fent him 

 another in French which I made public, and 

 of which the following is an exad: tranflation*. 



" * To bis Excellency Baron D'Ompteda, 

 " Hanoverian Envoy y 



*' Ratisbon, 



" Give me leave. Sir, to demand an explana- 

 tion of your condudl towards me. 



*' I ft. By what title or by what right have you 

 had the temerity to order me to be arrefted ? was 

 it as Minifter to his Britannic Majefty ? But 

 were you, Sir, inverted with that character? You 

 who are only received at the Diet of Ratisbon as 



* For the original, fee the Appendix, 



L 4 Minifter 



