The King Of Sweden Himself, Followed By General Hoorn, Poniatolky,
Horatio, And Several Others, Who Hardly Ever Lost Sight Of
Him, came
into this tent, and, being touched with so moving a scene, demanded the
Occasion; on which the prostrate
Lady being told who it was that spoke,
started suddenly up, and throwing herself at his feet: - Oh king! cried
she in the German language, as famous for justice as for being
invincible in war, revenge the cause of helpless innocence and
virtue! - Oh let the murderous brutal Russians find heaven's vindictive
arm in you its great vicegerent. - She was able to utter no more: the
inward agonies she sustained, on being about to relate the story of her
wrongs, became too violent for speech, and she sunk motionless on the
earth. Two of the women, assisted by some Swedes, carried her out of the
tent, as thinking the open air most proper to revive her; and she who
remained, satisfied the king's curiosity in these words:
May it please your majesty, said she, my mistress, that afflicted lady
who just now implored your royal pity, is of the noble family of the
Casselburgh, in Saxony, only daughter to the present count: her person,
before these heavy misfortunes fell upon her, was deservedly reputed one
of the most beautiful that graced the court of Dresden: her birth, her
youth, her charms, and the great fortune it was expected she would be
mistress of, attracted a great number of persons who addressed her for
marriage:
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