MAJOR SEMPLE LISLE. I57 



At Aix-la^Chapelle y I learnt that Colonel S. 

 the hufband of the lady who was with me at 

 Augfburg, had been vowing the direfi: ven- 

 geance againft me ; as foon as I knew this, I 

 begun a very ftridt fearch after this furious an- 

 tagonift, but to no purpofc; the Colonel had 

 prudence in his anger, and very ftudioufiy avoided 

 my prefence. 



I then paffed into Holland, where I again 

 heard of this redoubtable champion, who had 

 been loud in his threats of revenge; but here as 

 at Aix-la-Chapelky I could only find the echo^ 

 for the man was invifiblc. I had not been 

 many days in England before I heard of the 

 fame threats of vengeance; thus aggravated by 

 repeated provocations, I determined to find 

 him if pofTible, and with this view fought him 

 in every place where he was likely to be found; 

 I even went to MefTrs. Learmonth's and Beaz- 

 ley's, in Parliament-ftreet, where he almofl 

 took up his refidence, and after much conver- 

 fation with thefe gentlemen, left an open letter 

 for him, but this was infuflTicient to bring him 

 forward. 



The world will hereafter hear of this extra- 

 ordinary Colonel no more from me; and if he 

 chufcs to attack me again with his pen, I fhall 

 refer them /or his veracity to Monjieur de Calonne, 

 and the records of the Court of King's Bench. 



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