. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . CS ORIGINAL TRAVELS OF (S\xix\iiitv (BltvtntU,. OU wish (I can see by your coun-tenances) I would inform you howI became possessed of such atreasure as the sling just men-tioned. (Here facts must belield sacred.) Thus then it was: I am a descen-dant of the wife of Uriah, whom we all knowDavid was intimate with. She had several child-ren by his majesty: they quarrelled once upona matter of the first consequence, viz., the spotwhere Noahs ark was built, and where it restedafter the flood. A separation consequently had ofte
. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . CS ORIGINAL TRAVELS OF (S\xix\iiitv (BltvtntU,. OU wish (I can see by your coun-tenances) I would inform you howI became possessed of such atreasure as the sling just men-tioned. (Here facts must belield sacred.) Thus then it was: I am a descen-dant of the wife of Uriah, whom we all knowDavid was intimate with. She had several child-ren by his majesty: they quarrelled once upona matter of the first consequence, viz., the spotwhere Noahs ark was built, and where it restedafter the flood. A separation consequently had often heard him speak of this sling, as hismost valuable treasure : this she stole the nightthey parted; it was missed before she got out of hisdominions, and she was pursued by no less than sixof the kings body-guards: however, by using it l^AIIUN MUNCHAUSEN. (J9 herself, she hit the first of them (for one was moreactive in the pursuit than the rest) where David didGoliah, and killed him on the spot. His compan-ions were so alarmed at his fall, that they retired,and left Uriahs wife to pursue her journey. Sh
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