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ced agaia on his left Hand, he entertain'd 

 us with a great deal of pleafant Difcourfe j 

 and ask'd luch Queftions, as Ibew'd him to 

 be a Man of extraordinary Capacity and 

 Judgment. As for Learning, they have no 

 fach thing among them, and therefore it's 

 not to be expefted that he fliould be a Scho- 

 lar : But were he not a Perfon of more than 

 common Prudence and Underftanding, he 

 could never have managed that Wild and 

 Unruly People as he has done, ever fince 

 his Advancement to the Throne ; which 

 mufl: therefore have been the more difficult, 

 becaufe as he came to it by the Depofition 

 qf his Father (though not immediately) 

 who now lives with him as a private Man, 

 fo has he never wanted Competitors. To 

 his Father he pays a great deal of outward 

 Refpeft, but is forced to keep a very watch- 

 fill Eye over him. After about an Hours 

 Pifconrfe, we were difmifs'd. 



O^ober the 1 5th. In the Morning, Ajfpe 

 not being at leifure to go a Hunting, we 

 proceeded on our Voyage Homewards, with 

 a great deal of Alacrity j and finding no- 

 thing remarkable in our Road, in about 3 

 Hours and an half arrived at Seray. And 

 lience, after a ftiort Repaft, we continued 

 our Journey to Sherby Fountain, which took 

 us up about the like fpace of Time. Here 

 mQ accounted our felves as good as at Home, 

 being at a Place with which we were well 

 acquainted, and to which feveral tiines in 

 the Year fome or other of our Nation ufual- 

 ly refort, either for Antelope or Hog-hunt-* 

 ing , according to thfii Scafon*, nor had 



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