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MG-A(G.763.050
24 Nov 1763:13 (968)
Extract of a letter from Lisbon, dated July 23, 1763.
Containing a description of the Queen of Portugal. . . [1
paragraph, Queen dressed in masculine clothes for the hunt.]
After viewing all the apartments, which are upwards of a
quarter of a mile in length, we were summoned to a very
elegant supper. Neither the King nor Family supped in
public; but Count de la Lippe, the Captain General, with the
Secretary of State, and all the Portuguese Nobility that
were there, supped at the same table. From this we went to
a very fine concert-room, where we had the pleasure of
hearing the Queen and two Princesses sing, which were all
the ladies present. Here the Queen looked like a woman,
with a very noble presence, and much like Miss Chudleigh,
but something lustier. After this we were entertained with
an opera, all the performers at which were Capons, though
some of them looked like hens. The whole concluded with
very fine fire works, the gardens being grandly illuminated
all night.
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