Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume 2 (of 2)

Note 68:A — SECRET HISTORY, &c. &c. (continued 2)

Reading edition

The following is a translation of the letter above referred to:

"Rocheford, 13th July, 1815.

"Your Royal Highness,

"A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to the enmity of the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people. I put myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your royal highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies.

"Napoleon."

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