CHARLES WATERTON, ESQ. cxix 



accompany him alongside of the Monjibello, 

 where they would see with their own eyes the 

 sufferings which he had just described. 



" quid facundia posset, 



Re patuit." 



The council of Leghorn relented, and gra- 

 ciously allowed us ^to go ashore, after we had 

 teen kept for above two hours in suspense as to 

 our destiny. 



We landed, in appearance something like 

 FalstafPs regiment. My ladies had lost their 

 • bonnets, and I my hat. Others were without 

 stockings, coats, and shoes. I saw two worthy 

 priests standing on the deck of the Monjibello 

 with only one shoe each. I recommended them 

 to cast lots for a shoe, so that one of them at 

 least might walk comfortably up the uneven 

 streets of Leghorn. They smiled as I said this, 

 and no doubt they thought my levity out of 

 season. 



A survey was immediately made on the 

 Monjibello, and on finding that she had not 

 suffered materially during the concussion, she 

 was pronounced to be sea-worthy. 



Having lost our all, we determined to return 

 to Rome in the same vessel which had run us 

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