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adorned with hangings of silk or velvet of various co- 

 lours, and the windows crowded with spectators. Four 

 altars were erected at intervals, which were illuminated 

 with wax candles, and glittered with mirrors, artificial 

 flowers, and a variety of ornaments of gold, and silver, 

 and cut glass. It was altogether a most picturesque and 

 interesting scene, in which the blending of religious and 

 military pomp, the diversity of costumes, and the variety 

 of novel objects that met the eye, could not fail of exciting 

 the curiosity, and arresting the attention, of a spectator. 



