CHARLES WATEttTON, ESQ. cxix 



accompany him alongside of the Monjibello, 

 where they would see with their own eyes the 

 sufferings which he had just described. 



i " quid facundia posset, 



. Re patuit." 



The council of Leghorn relented, and gra- 

 ciously allowed us to go ashore, after we had 

 been kept for above two hours in suspense as to 

 our destiny. 



We landed, in appearance something like 

 FalstafFs 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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