Courtly dispatch from Versailles and Paris notes
Royal progress and court life details from August to September. Imperial envoys and Vecchio intrigues mingle with hunting expeditions and marriages at Versailles. News covers Parliament actions, papal quarrels, and the King’s temporary plans as factions contend over the Unigenitus decree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Via
Amadeus
Rome
Europe
Viennay
Hungary
Eugene
Hoff
Italy
d’Alban
Order of Capuchins
Weitzen
Duke of
Mecklembourg
Paris
Wood de Boulognes
Castle de la Muette
Versailles
Chambord
Petitbourg
Sieur Duport
Cardinal Fleuri
Madamoise de Mercier
Worle
Sieur de Caterby
St. Lawrence
St. Pierre le Montier
M. Portait
Orleans
Nantes
Duke of Mazarin
Duke de St. Aigtian
Council of the Sth
A Girl Healed After Worm Medicines From Mr Moore
A girl about thirteen suffered severe stomach pains. After trying various remedies, she took medicines prepared by Mr John Moore of Laurence Pountney Lane. Three large worms were expelled and the patient felt easier. Moore advertised two anti scorbutic medicines, a pill and a spirit, claiming to purge and cure scurvy and related hypochondriac and hysteric symptoms, detailing numerous scurvy symptoms and supposed cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
Laurence Pountney
Cannan-street
Ford
Royal hunt and court news from London and Dublin
London reports on a royal hunt at Richmond New Park with the Duke and Princesses, the Prince of Wales appearing in public, court arrivals, and local charity actions. It also notes a Dublin incident, a coroner’s inquest into a wife accused of poisoning, and various arrests, accidents, and stock market updates. The piece closes with notices of charity bids for the Royal Hospital and local property listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal
Duke
Princess Royal
Emilia
Richmond New Park
Lord Liffard
Ireland
Courthope Clayton
Clayton
Prince of Wales
Dutchess of Newcastle
Francis Negus
Ipswich
Suffolk
St. James’s
Duke of Dorser
Kingdom of Ireland
Dublin
St. Martin’s
Blandford
Tiverton
Alderman
St. Martin’s Ludgate
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Turin
Bition
Parliamenit
Longley
Southwark
Starke Middleton
Riddleton
Lade
Dorothy Longley
Gael
Villany
Richard Grifith
Theobald
Clerkenwell Bridewell
John Gonfon
Robert Hucks
John Mercer
John Broadhead
Valentine Hilder
Elys
Middlesex
Clerk
Holbourn
Holbourn Division, On A Search Warrant. A Woman Was Also Committed To New Prison
Lawrence-Lane
St. Giles’s Pound
Blue-Coat Hospital
South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange
Stheta
York Buildings
Welch
Royal Hospital For
Greenwich
His Majesty’s Royal Hospital
Linnen
Salters Hall
Michaelmas
Queenstreet
Cheapsde
Taylor
William Turner
Lawrence Lane
Cheaptide
Graves
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