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BNL.704.003
15-22 May 1704:12,21 (5)
Lisbon, March 27. On the advice brought the King of
Portugal, of the fleet from England, being on the coast in
whom was the King of Spain, he ordered a wharff to be made
from his palace to the waterside, & overlaid it with cloath
of scarlet, and went in his barge on board to receive him,
returned and the King of Spain on his right hand; who was
received with all imaginable demonstrations of joy, by
discharging of guns, ringing of bells bon-fires,
illuminations, fireworks, &c. and for a fortnight nothing
but feasting. . . [31 lines]
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