Trip 413 of 4000 collection book16
Yet his indultos were not confined to thebook1 article of jewels which constituted only one part of his revenue. It was upon this supposition that they left to the determination of the dice the choice of the person who should execute their plan and the lot falling upon a Swiss who from the station of a foot soldier in the Dutch service out of which he had been drummed for theft had erected himself into the rank of a selfcreated chevalier this hero fortified himself with a double dose of brandy and betook himself to a certain noted coffeehouse with an intent to affront Count Fathom in public.... read all
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