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ACCOUNT OF THE
be, as each os them has his Axed day of private audience.
TheMiniiter brings his papers in a bag, and offers to hisin-
spection thole that are to thepurpose of his errand. If the
Mirnster's buAness leaves him any tune, heplavsatReverhno
(a gameatcards lo called) with three of his courtiers, gene-
rally the Duke de Lotada CLyr, Duke d'Arcos
^ /a and another grandee whole
name I haveforgottcn. He neverplaysfor any thing, having
recourle to this expedient merelv to consume a quarter of an
hour, or half an hour that he muss wait sor his tupper. At
nine he sits down to it, attended only by his courtiers: then
goes to bed, to get up again next day to the lame round of
occupations, and with the lame scrupulous nicety of method
in the distribution of them, seldom or never to be altered,
except on poih-days, when, initead of going to hunt, he pailes
some more time, both morning and afternoon, in the private
closet, writing to his son at Naples, to his brother at Parma,
to his silers in Turin andLisbon, and very often likewile to
Marquis Tanucci and to the Prince of Santo Niccandro, the
Arif os whom he has made chiefMiniiter, andthesecondA^p,
or governour, to his Sicilian Majeity..
If on poit-days he has anv time leih, it is employed in his
laboratory; that is, in the completer! turner's shopthat ever
exiited. He is a most expert turner, and works toys to per-
fection. The shop contains many* turning engines of rare
invention, seme of which w*ere presents from the King of
France, and some contrived by Count Zaxzola, one of the
greatest mechanics of the age. Bv him his Majesty is attended
when working in the laboratory.
As to his perlonal character, he was certainly a good
husband when his Queen was alive. Never once did he
swerve from conjugal fidelity, nor ever had any mistrels
public or private. His brothers were always his belt friends
and most samiliar companions; and as to his children there
is no need os Dying,that he always proved a kind sather.
He is rather ?sn ealy, than an afieAionate matter, never de-
scending to great samiliarity with his servants, yet always ia-
tisfy'd with what they do. They sav that he never betrayed
any great love to any body* out of his own family, no more
than hatred. It happened once, that he detected one of his
molt familiar dome-sines in a Lye, and sorbad him his pretence,
But stiil continued him his salary. His converiation is gene-
rally cheai'iui- but. always as chaite as his conduct. He repo-
ACCOUNT OF THE
be, as each os them has his Axed day of private audience.
TheMiniiter brings his papers in a bag, and offers to hisin-
spection thole that are to thepurpose of his errand. If the
Mirnster's buAness leaves him any tune, heplavsatReverhno
(a gameatcards lo called) with three of his courtiers, gene-
rally the Duke de Lotada CLyr, Duke d'Arcos
^ /a and another grandee whole
name I haveforgottcn. He neverplaysfor any thing, having
recourle to this expedient merelv to consume a quarter of an
hour, or half an hour that he muss wait sor his tupper. At
nine he sits down to it, attended only by his courtiers: then
goes to bed, to get up again next day to the lame round of
occupations, and with the lame scrupulous nicety of method
in the distribution of them, seldom or never to be altered,
except on poih-days, when, initead of going to hunt, he pailes
some more time, both morning and afternoon, in the private
closet, writing to his son at Naples, to his brother at Parma,
to his silers in Turin andLisbon, and very often likewile to
Marquis Tanucci and to the Prince of Santo Niccandro, the
Arif os whom he has made chiefMiniiter, andthesecondA^p,
or governour, to his Sicilian Majeity..
If on poit-days he has anv time leih, it is employed in his
laboratory; that is, in the completer! turner's shopthat ever
exiited. He is a most expert turner, and works toys to per-
fection. The shop contains many* turning engines of rare
invention, seme of which w*ere presents from the King of
France, and some contrived by Count Zaxzola, one of the
greatest mechanics of the age. Bv him his Majesty is attended
when working in the laboratory.
As to his perlonal character, he was certainly a good
husband when his Queen was alive. Never once did he
swerve from conjugal fidelity, nor ever had any mistrels
public or private. His brothers were always his belt friends
and most samiliar companions; and as to his children there
is no need os Dying,that he always proved a kind sather.
He is rather ?sn ealy, than an afieAionate matter, never de-
scending to great samiliarity with his servants, yet always ia-
tisfy'd with what they do. They sav that he never betrayed
any great love to any body* out of his own family, no more
than hatred. It happened once, that he detected one of his
molt familiar dome-sines in a Lye, and sorbad him his pretence,
But stiil continued him his salary. His converiation is gene-
rally cheai'iui- but. always as chaite as his conduct. He repo-