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PJ.749.014
4 Apr 1749:12 (333)
Extract of a letter from Paris, dated December 9. N.S. . .
[account of the arrest of the Young Pretender] And
accordingly thirteen men were prick'd out of every company
to cover this exploit, and eight serjeants in disguise, were
ordered to stand in the two passages of the opera house.
The next day about five in the evening (the secret, it seems
being known by every body but the Pretender and his friends)
Prince Edward arrived with three Lords of the retinue, at
the spot where they waited for him; and the moment he
stepp'd out of the coach, two sergeants seized him fast by
the arms. . . [21 lines] The lieutenant of the police went
and affix'd his seals upon the house, where a great number
of fire-arms and some barrels of powder were found, the
young hero having resolved to repel force with force, if
they had come to take him in his own house, and therefore
the court ordered the business to be done when he should
come to the opera, to prevent the effusion of blood. . . [15
lines, the Prince objects to being taken thus, and not being
allowed to see the opera.] . . . he said, I did reckon to
see the opera once more at least; methinks there was to have
been a very full house; But tho' he appear'd more calm and
sedate, he refused to taste any thing for forty eight hours;
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