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along with them pointing- to me shouted " Herb is our greatest 

 Monarch." When I visited two of the Churches at Vienna, the 

 people assembled in them came up tome saying, "We mus; satisfy 

 ourselves of ou*\joy by kissing the victorious hand so celebrated 

 for its gallant deeds." They embraced me and kissed my robes 

 and feet, and so shewed their joy. When the peDple began sing- 

 ing my praises in the public gardens, I begged my allies of Al- 

 lemagne to put a stop to the demonstration ; however, u May your 

 Majesty live prosperously for ever" was shouted on all sides. My 

 son,* whom you bore unto me, behaved bravely in the battle, 

 without moving a foot from my side, and he in concert with the 

 Elector of Bavaria, sub-king of the Emperor, divided in a friendly 

 manner between them the wealth taken from the enemy. All our 

 troops are rejoicing over the good fortune which has given them 

 so much plunder as if it had been bestowed by Heaven. My son 

 Alexander has also reason to be pleased, for every one in this 

 camp heartily thanked him for having led the attack on the 

 Grand Vizier's camp. As the Elector of Bavaria fought the enemy 

 in my sight, some of my horses, and the banner of Victory and 

 ten cannon of the Pacha of Egypt were presented to him, 

 with a promise to present to kis sister Davon Pieny-f a 

 set of precious ornaments. In our endeavours to win the 

 battle, we lost a great number of our troops, including officers. 

 My aide de-camp Iskar Ztahlikke is among the killed. My 

 Paymaster Patia Markus de Awijano having observed a 

 white dove flying above our armies before the battle began, 

 kissed my feet, declaring it was an omen which, promised us 

 victory. 1 he Emperor is li\ mg about a league off from this 

 place, and I could not speak to him, being very busy in 

 gathering information as to the results of this battle. We leave 

 this with the Emperor's General to fo^ow the enemy, but though 



* Prince John, whom he intended should succeed him. 

 t This isjhe nearest ap proach to the original name. 



