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Ss WE DE N, 24
waiftcoat and breeches yellow, his fhirt fine, but plain,
a black plain cravat, his boots very ftrong and long with
{quare toes and fteel {purs, his gloves made of very {trong
leather, with {tiff tops; the hat allo which he wore that
day was fhot through above the right eye; a fhot which
killed him upon the fpot. Various are the conjetures,
even to this day, concerning the fall of that rafh Hero.
It is furmifed with cireumftantial probability that he fell
by the hand of fome of his own Army. It is certain,
blood is ftill to be feen on the gloves, and the mark of his
fingers is evident upon:his fword belt. It feems as if he
had put his hand to the wound when fhot, and immediate-
ly attempted to draw his fword to flab, or defend him-
felf againft, the affaflin, Undoubtedly he had involved
his country in much debt, and many difficulties; but
being of a turbulant fpirit (almoft bordering on madnefs)
would not liften to the diftreffes and repeated folicitations
of his injured Subjeéts. His premature death, therefore,
may be thus accounted for without any improbability,
He fell a martyr to his ambition.
On Sunday the 11th. we went to St. Nicholas’s Church.
After divine fervice we were fhewn many fuperb and
collly
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