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 Alpes, that is, much winding and turning; deep precipices, Marons, or Men with little open Cairs, to carry you up and down the Hill for a Crown; and much stumbling work. In fine this hill resembles Mount Cenis, as a proper man may do a Giant.

Having passed this Hill, and by it through the very clouds, we fell as it were out of the Skies, upon Chambery the chief Town of Savoy, and where the Parliament resides.

We cast to be there at the solemn Entry, which this Duke made for his new Spouse, the third daughter of the late Duke of Orleans, when she came first into this Country. To describe all the Triumphal Arches in the Streets, with their Emblems and Motto's rarely painted; the stately Throne a little out of the Town, where the Duke and Dutchess received the compliments of their Subjects; the rich Liveries of the young Townsmen on horseback; the gallantry of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Country (800 in all)