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Bufinefs in open Air, at the full extent of my Chain, and due Care was taken every Morning before Company came, that the offenfive matter fhould be car- ried off in Wheel-barrows by two Ser- vants appointed for that Purpofe. I would not have dwelt fo long upon a Circum- flance, that perhaps at firfl: fight may ap- pear not very momentous, if I had not thought it necefiary to juftify my Cha- racter in point of CLeanlinefs to the World y which I am told fome of my Maligners have been pleafed, upon this and other Occafions, to call in queftion.

When this Adventure was at an end, I came back out of my Houfe, having oc- casion for frefh Air. The Emperor was already defcended from the Tower, and advancing on horfeback towards me, which had like to have coft him dear > for the Beaft, though very well trained, yet wholly unufed to fuch a fight, which appeared as if a Mountain moved before him, reared up on his hinder Feet: But C 4 that