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Joan, with the joyful news of his recep- tion at court; which so well pleased her, that she did not think much at                     the great pains she took in decking him for the journey.

A N E C D O T E O F  C H A R L E S  II.

WHEN Charles II was on a progress through his dominions, he was waited upon by the magistracy of a certain city in the north of England. The Mayor had prepared with no little study a splendid oration for so memorable an                     occasion. Kneeling down to deliver his address the worthy Magistrate (who was                     excessively fat)commenced by a feu de- joy of rather a singular nature: whether he deemed an expression of loyalty tan- tamount to a royal salute of the present day, history is silent: certain it is, he                     felt greatly embarrassed, and hundered his oration most woefully. “I have,