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VGW(HU.772.058
23 Apr 1772:21 (1082)
London, February 3. Extract of a letter from a Dutch
merchant in Copenhagen to his friend in London, January 19.
At a masked ball, the King and Queen being present, Colonel
Scheffer, Colonel of the Guard, went up to the Count ------,
late physician, and then favourite minister, and told him he
was under arrest. . . Rantzaw then secured the Queen, and
she was conveyed away, in her masquerade habit, to a castle
at a distance. The King was then conducted into an inner
apartment, the Masters, Musicians, &c. being kept in by the
sentinels, who guarded the masquerade. Upon a signal given,
the greater part of the company threw off their masquerade
dresses, and appeared armed, declaring for the guards, &c. .
. [4 paragraphs]
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