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BNL.720.008
21-25 Apr 1720:12,21 (838)
Dresden, Sept.4. [From the London Gazette, sometime between
20 Oct-5 January.] On the 2d instant the Electoral Prince
of Saxony and his Princess made their publick entry with the
utmost magnificence in the following manner. . . [4 lines]
A herald at arms, followed by the King a Saxon equipage,
viz. 24 English led horses, 24 pages, with their governour,
dressed in the Spanish way, on horseback. 24 manage horses
a harbinger, 12 trumpeters, 12 of the King's coach. . . 16.
A herald at arms, followed by the King's Polish equipages,
consisting of 24 led horses, 24 Polish pages with their
governour on horseback, 12 trumpeters, 24 Turkish horses, 12
chariots with 6 horses each, a litter and 24 mules led by
grooms all in the Turkish dress. . . [22 lines] On the 3d
Te Deum was sung under the discharge of the artillery and
muskettry. The King the Queen, the Prince and Princess
dined in publick under a rich canopy. The lords and the
deputies of the nobility were entertained at 4 other tables.
That evening an Italian opera was performed.
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