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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1770. Excerpt: ... LETTER XVIII. To the Kaimacham. SINCE the death of King Lewis, all mens eyesand hearts are fixed upon the Dauphin; who, . tho' he b very )'oung, yet he is a Prince of a forward genius and promifing aspect, giving signal proofs of a martial spirit. One day, seeing the guards, as they were exercising their arms, he discover'd an extraordinary complacency, and faid to those rJiat stood by, I had; rather be a soldier than a King; imagining from thq softness he is accustom'd to in these infant years, that the lise of a soldier is incompatible with that of a King. Since that time, he harasses his tutor and attendants with perpetual tattle about guns and swords. And Cardinal Mazarini, not to baffle or check such generous inclinations, has culled out a companion for him, agreeable in temper, only a year or two older. These young sons of Mars bestow their time partly in shooting with little harmless engines, made on purpose for the Dauphin's recreation, in imitation of guns; sometimes with bows and arrows; at other times they sence, with files adapted to their tender arms and childish skill. In these kind of exercises the Dauphin grows a great proficient; and it is look'd upon as an omen of his suture warlike deeds. A Spanish astrologer has calculated his nativity, he prophesies strange things of this young Prince; as, that he shall excel all his royal ancestors in seats of arms; that he shall make the crown of France Imperial, having subdued Spain, Italy, and Germany; that he shall lhake the Ottoman Empire, but in the end shall be deposed by his own subjects. I know not what credit may be given to the prosessors of this science, in regard the ancient rules of astrology, on which the Chaldeans and other eastern fages grounded their predictions, are now either wholly lost, or so corrupted and...
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