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Letters From Baron Bielfeld.
and perish . Perhaps the Great Disposer of the universe will give me a better fortune , and will lay the foundations of it at Brunswick . . I am preparing all , things for my journey . For the rest I know perfectly well how necessary it is to observe a profound silence , with regard to an expedition of so much delicac }' . Do me the justice to believe me to be , with all the zeal , and all the attachment of a mason , & c .
LETTER II . GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE INITIATION . Brunswick , August 24 , 173 8 . 1 YOUR villanous fever , my most dear brother , appears to me more insolent than that of the princess Urania . It has not only
attacked you in the flower of your days , but has laid this snare for you at a period that mig ht have influenced all the remainder of your life . It has deprived you of the glory and the advantage of having assisted at the reception of the Prince Royal of Prussia , and of there performing the o'lice of overseer , to which you was appointed . How unfortunate ! "Turn out then , whatever may be said of your rich '
apartment , this villanous fever , " and be radically cured against our return . We do not expect to make any long stay at Brunswick , because there is here one crowned head too many , who might discover that we have received the prince his son into our order , and , in his ill-humour , might be wanting in respect to the most venerable . ^ In the mean time , my dear brother , I shall acquit myself of mypromise , and here employ the first moments of my leisure , in giving you an exact account of our journey and success .
We left Hamburgh , Baron O , Baron L , and myself , the tenth of August , and arrived the next evening at the gates of Brunswick .. The officers of the customs began to examine our baggage . This authoritative ceremony put us into a great consternation . Judge of our embarrassment . We had with us a large trunk , filled with the furniture , insignia , and instruments necessary for holding a lod . All these miht be deemed contrabandnotwithstanding the
ge g , privilege of the fair . We held a council instantly . "If the officer should persist iu opening the trunk , there was nothing to be done but to declare ourselves conjurers or mountebanks . But we were . soon eased of our fears ; for ' 03 ' virtue of a ducat which I sliptinto the officer ' s hand , he declared that we were persons of quality , and incapable of defrauding the customs .
We took up our quarters at the Hotel or Corn : it is tne principal inn of the town ; any where else'it would be reckoned a tolerable good alehouse . Count L -, Count K , and Baron A — of Planover , arrived there almost at the same instant , and joined us the same night . Rabon , valet de chambre to M . O , and a good mason , was appointed to do the duty of a tiler , and acquitted himself to a miracle . The next morning the cannons of the rampart declared the arrival ofthe king of Prussia aud his train . The presence of a crowned
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Letters From Baron Bielfeld.
and perish . Perhaps the Great Disposer of the universe will give me a better fortune , and will lay the foundations of it at Brunswick . . I am preparing all , things for my journey . For the rest I know perfectly well how necessary it is to observe a profound silence , with regard to an expedition of so much delicac }' . Do me the justice to believe me to be , with all the zeal , and all the attachment of a mason , & c .
LETTER II . GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE INITIATION . Brunswick , August 24 , 173 8 . 1 YOUR villanous fever , my most dear brother , appears to me more insolent than that of the princess Urania . It has not only
attacked you in the flower of your days , but has laid this snare for you at a period that mig ht have influenced all the remainder of your life . It has deprived you of the glory and the advantage of having assisted at the reception of the Prince Royal of Prussia , and of there performing the o'lice of overseer , to which you was appointed . How unfortunate ! "Turn out then , whatever may be said of your rich '
apartment , this villanous fever , " and be radically cured against our return . We do not expect to make any long stay at Brunswick , because there is here one crowned head too many , who might discover that we have received the prince his son into our order , and , in his ill-humour , might be wanting in respect to the most venerable . ^ In the mean time , my dear brother , I shall acquit myself of mypromise , and here employ the first moments of my leisure , in giving you an exact account of our journey and success .
We left Hamburgh , Baron O , Baron L , and myself , the tenth of August , and arrived the next evening at the gates of Brunswick .. The officers of the customs began to examine our baggage . This authoritative ceremony put us into a great consternation . Judge of our embarrassment . We had with us a large trunk , filled with the furniture , insignia , and instruments necessary for holding a lod . All these miht be deemed contrabandnotwithstanding the
ge g , privilege of the fair . We held a council instantly . "If the officer should persist iu opening the trunk , there was nothing to be done but to declare ourselves conjurers or mountebanks . But we were . soon eased of our fears ; for ' 03 ' virtue of a ducat which I sliptinto the officer ' s hand , he declared that we were persons of quality , and incapable of defrauding the customs .
We took up our quarters at the Hotel or Corn : it is tne principal inn of the town ; any where else'it would be reckoned a tolerable good alehouse . Count L -, Count K , and Baron A — of Planover , arrived there almost at the same instant , and joined us the same night . Rabon , valet de chambre to M . O , and a good mason , was appointed to do the duty of a tiler , and acquitted himself to a miracle . The next morning the cannons of the rampart declared the arrival ofthe king of Prussia aud his train . The presence of a crowned