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BEP(F.751.023
2 Dec 1751:11 (850)
Paris, Sept. 24. . . The life-guards, in the flush of their
joy [the monarchy re. the birth of the Duke of Burgundy],
asked and obtained his Majesty's leave to give a ball in
their guard chamber at Versailles; it was honour'd with the
presence of the Royal Family, and conducted with great
politeness.
The royal birth filled the town of Versailles with a kind
of enthusiasm; for a whole week nothing was to be heard
thereabouts but drums, trumpets, violins, and hautboys,
mixed with the shouts of the several trading and working
companies, incessantly paying their compliments to the King
and the Royal Family. . .
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