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their mufkets at him—others put their 
bayonets to his breaft. It was in vain 
that he endeavoured to reafon with them 5 
they would not liften toa word he iaid. 
At length he afked tor the commandant of 
the poit, who fortunately proved to be an 
officer of the national guards, and a man 
of a cool and courageous character. Fré- 
geville acquainted him with his adven- 
ture: ‘* Lhe only way for you to fave 
yourfelf, faid the officer, is to confent to 
be conducted like a criminal to the mu- 
nicipality. I will accompany you there 
with four truity men.” On laying this 
he divided with him his tricoloured rib- 
bon, and hung it to his button-hole ; 
«© This’? added he, §* is the diftinctive 
mark of our troops: now put your arms 
acrols, and tollow me.”’ 
It took three quarters of an hour to 
get to the town-houfe, and from thence to 
the king’s carriage, round which the 
members of the diitri€t and municipality 
were aflembled. Frégeville was recog- 
nized by one of them and immediately 
enlarged. 
The firft ufe that he made of his liberty 
was to approach the king’s carriage, 
in order to get a fight of him, and to afk 
his deliverer for provihons. At that 
moment Louis XVI. fuddenly put his 
head out of the coach door, and addrefled 
himfelt to the conftituted authorities : 
<¢ Well!” faid he, with the tone of im- 
patience, ‘* when am [I to fet off? Wall 
there never be anend to all this?” A 
member of the diftri€t anfwered very ci- 
vily that they were going to put the horfes 
to, which was accordingly done, and the 
king fet off. aj 
The following fketch was taken of the 
perfonages in the carriage. he king 
looked like a traveller whofe journey is 
tirefome to him; but bis«features had 
futfered no change ; ‘he appeared perfectly 
religned to any fate that might attend him. 
The queen had Joft her temper; darted 
angry locks around her; and faid not a 
word. ‘The paffions that agitated the 
princefs Elizabeth, were painted in her 
tace, which was fuffufed with crimfon. 
The two royal children were conftantly 
looking out of the coach-door, {imiled 
upon every body, and feemed to be in the 
midft of their family. The dauphin 
complaining of a kind of handkerchiet tied 
round his head, which incommoded him 
by reafon of the heat, the princefs Eliza- 
beth took it off without turning round 
her head, fro:n fear of encountering the 
eyes of the crowd, by whom they were 
furrounded, 
Original Letter of Archlifbos Laud. 
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ORIGINAL LetTTeR OF ARCHBISHOP 
Laub. 
To my very loving friende Dr. Fobnfon, 
Chaplaine to. the Queen's Mat. of 
bohemia att y* Haghe. 
SIR, 25 Novemb. 
I have receaved y" I** of “5 Decemb. 
and I thanke you for them.—For y® li- 
bell w you miention called Calvin’s 
Lite, I heard of itt from Hamborough 
about two months fince, and withall, 
that there was an intention to dedicate 
itt to mee, w? can have noe other ayme 
than to abufe y® Church of England, 
and to blait mee, fo farre at leaft as fuch 
a penne may be able to doeitt. I did 
ever fince expect itt would be printed in 
y* low countreyes. But to pr’vent that 
I did ufe all y° diligence I could, both 
to S' Will™ Bofwell and otherwife.— 
And I pray doe you alitoe take y* beft 
care you can to hinder itt. And you 
have reafon foe to doe; for in y* Epte 
-Dedicatory to mec, you are futhciently 
abufed, and the wrong w*" was done you 
att y° Haghe is rivetted in upon you faft 
enough, if that bee true w I heare. 
The other paffages of yo" I's need noe 
anfwere yet 1 beleeve that Con/iftory will 
bee much offended with y*’ Pr. of Orange, 
his proceedings and any’ concerning y* 
players. As forbamtort, youdid very well 
to thinke of his remoave, but fincehee re- 
fufes I know noe helpe for itt, till itt fhall 
pleale God to fent a better opportunity. 
For the Orientall bookes weh y® D" of 
Phytic ha:h leit behinde him att Leyden, 
I would I had a catalogue of them,—For 
I have not foe much money to fpare as to 
buy them all, er to buy any double, w<" 
I either have by mee, or have fent te 
y® Univertity already unleffe a confidera- 
ble fumme of money might bee faved by 
buying all together. I pray theretore, if 
you can, fend meea catalogue of y* bookes 
with their feverall prices, and you fhall 
have my pre‘entanit’ what I can, or can- 
not doe, and [ will fpeake with S* Willm 
Bofwe}l before his returne to give mee his 
beft affiftance. 
You thall doe very well, fince Henfius 
and Salmatius are tallen apeeces to fend 
mee word aboute what Philologicall 
queftion it is; and why you thinke itt 
will end in divinity, and what part it is 
that each of them mayntaynes, for itt may 
bee I thall picke fomewhat out of that.— 
I mutt {till give you caution to bee wary 
among that people.—Soe to God’s blefled 
protection I leave you, and reft 
Lambeth, Yo" very loving Friende, 
December 13, 1639. W. Cant. 
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