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NEWJ.729.009
21 Apr 1729:21 (109)
Paris, Feb. 12. N.S. On the 31st ult. the butchers of
Versailles, with trumpets, kettle drums, and hautboys at
their head, drove a fat ox before the King's windows,
because the court designs to pass the carnival at Marli.
The King gave them 10 Louis d'ors, and the Queen 6. They
had a [? swustes] and a runner. The young butchers were
dress'd like Turks, and the King's butcher in a Roman
[habit] was astride the ox. There was one butcher dress'd
like a Cardinal, and another like a gentleman of the law,
each carrying a Christmas box, with which they went to all
the ministers, and collected 600 livres; and then they had a
ball that cost them more money.
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