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at that hour I did not need; withi

Respect to a bed, the

AVAL

& guard, who

sleeping i

in the Con offered

teel a

to be

shave

of

Magistrale; he spoke to his superior, who told him that I could not

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a

Magistrate, but must cons

until the

released.

& Governor

ordered

remain

About 8o'clock I determined

to write to the

& Governor.

In my

note I pleaded my unacquaintance

with the place and my profession of Protestantism, saying

at the

12 o'clock

time that I wished I had kept

In

out of the street altogether, For this

note he did not deign to reply, but

all night,

kept me

me in durance all,

without food and without

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bed;

however

contrary report having been published, I feel it necessary to explain the foundation of it; with respect to food, two Englishmen

who

resided

in lo

2.0L 2

Kindly

sent to send me refreshments, which

offered

to me, which I declined.

About half past twelve on

Friday

the

Governor's Secretary informed that the matter was

in the hands of the Judge,

the

ive

who would punish

me as

I deserved; I asked

him when it would be brought

to trial; he said, that

depended

upon the Judge to whom he would

•

immediately send

accordingly

went in

charge of a

Constable to the office of a judge and without seeing

again

f

hurried into

into another part

the town and at last lodged

in a place, which to

my astonishment,

Jail.

I found to be the common

Here, one

of the prisoners told