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VGW(HU.767.056
2 Jul 1767:13 (841)
London. . . April 11. We have it affirmed to us, by a
gentleman just arrived from Lisbon, that the Opera house
there (which is the finest in the world, and the expenses
thereof born entirely by the court) is supposed to stand his
Most Faithful Majesty a large annual sum than his whole
army! What is remarkable (owing, it is said, to the Queen's
jealousy of the King) not a woman is suffered to appear in
the Opera house there either as actress or spectator; and it
would be certain death, by assassination, to attempt it
either way.
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