26o VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



•* Czernichew, I was interrogated refpe£ting 

 ** feverat points. As they could draw no- 

 " thing from my anfwers, even by threats, 

 " they promifed me a par(4on, in the name 

 ** of the emprefs, if I wAuld fwear fidelity 

 ** to her majefty, and diiiover thofe fecrets 

 " with which I had bce'n emrufted. On my 

 ** refufmg to comply, with thefe terms, I 

 " was remanded to pfifon, from which, by 

 " means of an oiRcer, I wrote to prince 

 " Lobkowitz, her maje^fly^s lieutenant ; but 

 ** I received no anfwer. Some days after, 

 " having appeared before the commiiTion, 

 ** I was compelled to fign the following; 

 paper : 



** I, the undcrj^ned^ acknowledge that I not 

 only *wijhed to break my chaksy bui thai I 

 ** commuted an ajfajfinaihn^ and have been 

 guilty of treajon agalnjl her Imperial majef^ 

 md if her maje/ly, through her natu^ 



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