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BNL.727.007
18-25 May 1727:12 (21)
London, March 4. Letters from Italy say. . . [re. the
Pretender at Bologna] . . [8 lines] Mean time he and his
eldest son are two at all the parties of pleasure, such as
horse races by day, and balls at night, where he stays
sometimes till five o'clock in the morning, plays at high
game and loses his money to do a pleasure to the ladies at
the assemblies. . . [5 paras.]
Wednesday being the anniversary of the birth of her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales, who then enter'd into the
4th year of her age, there was a numerous and splendid court
at Leicester House to congratulate their Royal Highnesses on
that occasion. . . [4 lines] the day was celebrated with all
the other tokens of publick joy, and there was in the
evening a magnificent ball at St. James's.
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