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Curious Account Given By The Dumb Philosopher.
their point , by their liberality : and the many sums of money , which the youngest had placed at interest among the trading part of the nation , brought likewise , no small number over to their faction 'Having thus strengthened their interest , thev openly declared against tne court , and insinuated to the vulgar , that the Empress being now old , was no longer able to suooort the weight of the governmentand that the ire bv '
; emp was nomeans in so Sourishine a state as formerly , under the administration of their mother ' s family The giddy crowd , ever prone to change , laid hold of the fiat orpor tumty to rebel ; and the three brothers managed so artfully , th « 'th ' ev soon got a private correspondence with the inhabitants of Cephalewhile those of Cardia , taking arms in the ni ght-time , surorized the metropolis , seized the Empress in her bed , and hurried her away to confinement . >•
? i . « -M g ° y erni p ent devolving , by this revolution , on the family of the Wins , tne old Baron declared himself Regent ; the Marquis of ^'• " p ' . " : St w'as made Stadf holder ; the eldest of his three sons Chief Minister of State ; the second , Marshal of the Court ,, and the ' youngest Lord-Treasurer . The populace rejoiced at what they called a lucky c . iange . Strange , and until then unheard of , projects were thought onto raise the lendour and credit
, sp of the nation , wbH , they pretended , were considerabl y reduced and sunk , durmo- the ' indolent reign of the confined Empress . Pathia soon became a general resort of all who travelled from other regions , with the view ' of pleasure and sensuality only , and in order to return as very asses as when they set cut . Her palaces and seats
were superb ; hospitalitj reigned every where ; plays , ridottos , assemblies , and all manner of public shews and diversions were exhibited , in a most pompous manner and far exceeding whatever had been seen durino- their de ' posed Sovereign ' s reign . In short , nothing seemed to be a bar to ' he grandeur and felicity of the new Regent and his agents , but that they were soon lmmerged in innumerable debts
1 o put a stop to tms evil , which must have hastened their fall they bethought themselves of an artful , but wicked stratagem A proclamation was issued , ordering all the current coin of the nation to be brought to the mint , to be re-coined , in order to efface the mage of the late Empress : but , by means of a certain metal the liwentipn and composition of which was owing to the family of the Willsthey debased it to third of its
, one- former intrinsic value , in w iaht T . ' " ? r , tiScovera »> e either b y the touch or LlS , H , ^ . nat , on was bll " ded Wlth the fi" > out-side shew of this new and dazzling specie , and received it from the mint again , . without murmuring , upon the ancient footing . Luxurv and oomngrounded on the false appearances of imaginary rS , spread ' h ^ Ver thS Wh 0 B klldbUt 011
Sy ^ d wT' ° , ; S ° *** ^ * neJTl reAV "" 1 'enMarP su ™ > atan exorbitant interest , to the need y , and thereb y hurried on their impending ruin Scire <^ r >! P » ow raised to a considerable post . m the Administration , depressed
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Curious Account Given By The Dumb Philosopher.
their point , by their liberality : and the many sums of money , which the youngest had placed at interest among the trading part of the nation , brought likewise , no small number over to their faction 'Having thus strengthened their interest , thev openly declared against tne court , and insinuated to the vulgar , that the Empress being now old , was no longer able to suooort the weight of the governmentand that the ire bv '
; emp was nomeans in so Sourishine a state as formerly , under the administration of their mother ' s family The giddy crowd , ever prone to change , laid hold of the fiat orpor tumty to rebel ; and the three brothers managed so artfully , th « 'th ' ev soon got a private correspondence with the inhabitants of Cephalewhile those of Cardia , taking arms in the ni ght-time , surorized the metropolis , seized the Empress in her bed , and hurried her away to confinement . >•
? i . « -M g ° y erni p ent devolving , by this revolution , on the family of the Wins , tne old Baron declared himself Regent ; the Marquis of ^'• " p ' . " : St w'as made Stadf holder ; the eldest of his three sons Chief Minister of State ; the second , Marshal of the Court ,, and the ' youngest Lord-Treasurer . The populace rejoiced at what they called a lucky c . iange . Strange , and until then unheard of , projects were thought onto raise the lendour and credit
, sp of the nation , wbH , they pretended , were considerabl y reduced and sunk , durmo- the ' indolent reign of the confined Empress . Pathia soon became a general resort of all who travelled from other regions , with the view ' of pleasure and sensuality only , and in order to return as very asses as when they set cut . Her palaces and seats
were superb ; hospitalitj reigned every where ; plays , ridottos , assemblies , and all manner of public shews and diversions were exhibited , in a most pompous manner and far exceeding whatever had been seen durino- their de ' posed Sovereign ' s reign . In short , nothing seemed to be a bar to ' he grandeur and felicity of the new Regent and his agents , but that they were soon lmmerged in innumerable debts
1 o put a stop to tms evil , which must have hastened their fall they bethought themselves of an artful , but wicked stratagem A proclamation was issued , ordering all the current coin of the nation to be brought to the mint , to be re-coined , in order to efface the mage of the late Empress : but , by means of a certain metal the liwentipn and composition of which was owing to the family of the Willsthey debased it to third of its
, one- former intrinsic value , in w iaht T . ' " ? r , tiScovera »> e either b y the touch or LlS , H , ^ . nat , on was bll " ded Wlth the fi" > out-side shew of this new and dazzling specie , and received it from the mint again , . without murmuring , upon the ancient footing . Luxurv and oomngrounded on the false appearances of imaginary rS , spread ' h ^ Ver thS Wh 0 B klldbUt 011
Sy ^ d wT' ° , ; S ° *** ^ * neJTl reAV "" 1 'enMarP su ™ > atan exorbitant interest , to the need y , and thereb y hurried on their impending ruin Scire <^ r >! P » ow raised to a considerable post . m the Administration , depressed