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Hypochondriac King Retreats to Books as Princes Debate Alliances
From Bologna and Berlin reports, the King withdraws to retirement while his father confessor presses holy scripture. Spain, Poland, and Prussia figures clash over truces and probes, with naval preparations and new Alliances stirring speculation. Royal officers and magistrates address crime, punishments, and commerce in London and abroad as fleets, treaties, and levies unfold.
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King
Clark
Bologna
Rome
Berlin
Prussia
Saxony
Poland
Spain
Paris
Vienna
D. de Bounonville
Madrid
Lord Torrington
Board of Admiralty
Greenwich Hospital
His Majesty
Persia
New Spain
Tripoli
James Dalton
Baronet
Newgate
Royal Anne
Stephen Hooper
Newcastle
London
Aldborough
Suffolk
Peniel
Alexander Baxter
Lisbon
William Smeeton Matter
Dantzick
Portsmouth
Yarmouth
Kitski
Germany
Lublin
Vyowno
Malone
Mount-Melick
Perton