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  • Title: 227
  • Author(s): Baron Ferdinand De RothChild
  • Date of creation: 1890
  • Extent: 2pp
  • Material: Paper
  • Physical Location: Waddesdon Manor

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Coe however, was not allowed to depart until France had given a proof that she was in earnest by as- sembling some troops and manning a fleet for an invasion. The parting between Charles and his father— to whom he had ever shown a dutiful submission — was affecting. ‘I go, sire,’ said Charles, ‘in search of three crowns, which I doubt not but to have the honour and happiness of laying at your Majesty’s feet. If I fail in the attempt your next sight of me shall be in my coffin!’ ‘Heaven forbid,’ cried the father, bursting into tears, ‘that all the crowns in the world should rob me of my son!’ Then tenderly embracing him, he added, ‘Be careful of yourself, my dear Prince, for my sake, and I hope for the sake of millions !’ He left Rome on the 9th January, 1744, dis- guised as a Spanish courier, attended by a single servant and a groom, who personated a Spanish secretary. Prince Charles, then in his twenty-fifth year, was strikingly handsome. His face a.perfect oval, his complexion fair, his eyes light blue, and his features high-bred. In figure he was tall, well formed, and athletic. Contrary to the custom of the time, instead of wearing a wig, he let his own fair hair fall in long ringlets on his neck. With graceful and
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