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Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles by Andrew Lang
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in Venice, attended by one servant in the livery of the Duke of
Modena. Walton adds that he has not a penny (June 6). Walton (July
11) writes from Florence that the Prince is reported from Venice to
have paid assiduous court to the second daughter of the Duke of
Modena, a needy potentate, but that he suddenly disappeared.' {64}
On Sept. 5, 1749, Walton says he is in France. On Sept. 26, Walton
writes that he is offering his sword to the Czarina, who declines.
He is at Lubeck, or (Oct. 3) at Avignon. On Oct. 20, Mann writes
that, from Lubeck, Charles has asked the Imperial ambassador at Paris
to implore the Kaiser to give him an asylum in his States. On Oct.
31, Mann only knows that the Pope and James 'reciprocally ask each
other news about' the Prince. On Jan. 23, 1750, poor Mann is 'quite
at a loss.' James receives letters from the Prince, but never with
date of place, otherwise Mann would have been better informed.
Walton hears that James believes Charles to be imprisoned in a French
fortress. From Paris, Jan. 17, 1750, Albemarle wrote that he heard
the Prince was in Berlin. The Prince later told Pickle that he had
been in Berlin more than once, and, as we shall see, Frederick amused
him with hopes of assistance. Kelly has left Charles's followers in
distress at Avignon. Kelly, in fact, received his conge; he was
distrusted by the Earl Marischal, and Carte, the historian. On Jan.
28, Albemarle hears that Charles has been in Paris 'under the habit
of a Capuchine Fryar,' and this WAS a disguise of his, according to
Pickle.

Meanwhile the French Government kept protesting their total
ignorance. On April 3, 1750, Walton announces that James has had a
long letter from Charles containing his plans and those of his
adherents, for which he demands the Royal approval. James has sent a
long letter to Charles by the courier of the Duc de Nivernais, the
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