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 further conversation, they pursued their way across the plain to the next town, which was a few miles distance. Here they easily procured a carriage, under the pretence that the Count and Ferdinand were prisoners, whom the soldiers had in custody.

The Turkish soldiers are in general so formidable to the common ignorant people, that few would presume to dispute their commands. The same pretence carried them through several small towns and villages without interruption or accident, tho' not without much fatigue, as they proceeded with great speed.

It is not necessary to trace them through their journey, as they had neither time or inclination to make observations. Therefore I shall only say, that they reached the river Danube in safety, which they crossed, and after several days travelling, arrived at Belgrade. Here they rested, and were enabled to breathe, after their fatigues, both of body and mind.