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PG-P.729.020
1 May 1729:32 (19)
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 Carnava at Marli. The
King gave them 10 Louis d'ors, and the Queen 6. They had a
Swisses 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 livers; and then they had a ball that cost
them more money.
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