A vagabond courtier; from the memoirs and letters of Baron Charles Louis von Pöllnitz . e first place, and thendeclined to recognize the new Protestant Electors ofPrussia, Hanover and Brunswick, or to meet any ofthem. Informal conversations took place in a , alarmed by threats that the Prussian troopsin North Italy should march into the Papal States, hegave way. More informal discussions till of Poland wanted the Imperial crown for hisson, and England had a finger in the pie had gone so badly with Archduke Charles in Spain,and the expense of s
A vagabond courtier; from the memoirs and letters of Baron Charles Louis von Pöllnitz . e first place, and thendeclined to recognize the new Protestant Electors ofPrussia, Hanover and Brunswick, or to meet any ofthem. Informal conversations took place in a , alarmed by threats that the Prussian troopsin North Italy should march into the Papal States, hegave way. More informal discussions till of Poland wanted the Imperial crown for hisson, and England had a finger in the pie had gone so badly with Archduke Charles in Spain,and the expense of settling him on that throne wouldbe so great, that a new policy had been adopted bythe English Minister: they were treating secretlywith France, and determined to recompense Charlesfor Spain by giving him the Imperial throne. There-fore, it was unnecessary, adds Pollnitz, for theElectors to sing Veni Creator, etc., to inspire them intheir choice. They had resolved to elect Charles. On October 10th all foreigners, except those in thesuites of the Electors, were ordered out of the city. 5^-- MADAME, ELIZABETH CHARLOTTE, DOWAGER-DUCHESS OF ORLEANS II est bon, puis quon voit mon visage et nies yeuxQue Ton apjirenue aussi quel est inon caracl^reQuanil il sasit des droits de inoii ranf; KlorieuxJai Iame delicate, et quelques fois alti^reEt mon cfeur en revanche an foible, au malheureuxNo se montre jamais que tendre, et de bonnaire. 64] THE VAGRANT 65 before sunset. The Papal Nuncio, obliged to retire,went to sulk at Aschaffenburg. Next day all the churchbells rang simultaneously for five hours ! The garrisonand citizens lined the streets. All the Electors andenvoys drove in pomp and state, and in full dress—except the Bohemians, in mourning for the late Kaiser—to the Romerhall. There they changed into semi-ecclesiastical ermine-lined robes, and, with the envoys,rode, all in due precedence, on superbly accoutredhorses, to S. Barthelmi, and heard mass. During theElevation the Prote
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