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EG.769.020
7-14 Mar 1769:1333 (1/33)
Anecdote of Lewis XIII King of France. There was a grand
masquerade ball held at Paris in the reign of the above weak
monarch, who notwithstanding his dress was discovered by two
young gentlemen, walking in the ball room, with his arm
round the waist of one of his mistresses. The gentlemen
soon came close up to his Majesty, when one of them
complained of the heat of the room, and made a motion to the
other for them to adjourn to the King's Arms. No (replied
he) that will not do, the King's Arms is full; but if you
think proper we will retire to the King's Head, for that is
quite empty.
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