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Title: Memoirs of the life and adventures of Signor Rozelli, late of the Hague. Giving a particular account of his birth, education, slavery ... as well in Italy as in ... France and Holland ... The whole being a series of the most diverting history, and surprising events ever yet made public. Adorn'd with curious copper cuts ..
Year: 1740 (1740s)
Authors: Olivier, Abbé Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, supposed tr
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Publisher: London : Printed for J. Osborn (etc.)
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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k and frightful Figure a-bedj as thehagged-facd old African was. Immediately he fell toinvoking all the He and She-Saints, and beggd of em tocome to his Affiftance; and the more the Slave bad himhold his Tongue, for fear of being heard, the more hebrayd like an Afs. At lail, out of Bed he jumps in adreadful Fright; and looking for his Cloaths, with De-fign to make hafte out of the Houfe, he was perfe<^lyamazd when he found they v/ere gone. By this timethe People of the Houfe were alarmd, and running tofee what had made fuch a Buftle, the Officer made nomore ado, but wrapt himfelf up in one of the Sheets,that he might not be expofed to the Peoples Raillery.The poor Negro, on the other hand, was as muchafhamd to be known as the Officer ; and for that reafontook the other Sheet, and wound it about her. Thus,like two Figures in the Niches of fome Pieces of Archi-tefture, they flood guarding the Chamber Door; andyou mi^ht as well fpeak to a Mute as to dther of them. 6ham€ r<;^^.V.l
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/z^a^^go ,V.X Of Signor Rozelli. 47 -Shame had padlockd their Lips, and Confufion meta-morphosM them into Stone. The Noife occaliond bythis Diforder made the young Marquis of T. . .. him-feif run to fee what was the Matter, who, knowing no-thing of the Intrigue, nor the Officer, would needs makehim dance thro the Streets in the Equipage he was in.His Domeilics foUowd him, hooting and hollowing allthe Way, as far as the firft Church he came at, where heput in to hide himfelf from the Mob. I cant fay howthe Officer got home afterwards; but he was never feenin Naples again. The Marchionefs, upon her Return,was puzzled how to manage the Affair fo as to falve herReputation. But the Negro was immediately clapt intoa Dungeon, and threatend hard, if (he would not tellwho brought her into my Lady*s Chamber, infomuchthat, at lall, fhe nam.ed me ; and then the Matter was-hufhd all of a fudden. Twas not long, before I perceived, by my LadysCarriage, That her Ladyfhip wa5 informed of my Ro-_guery

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