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Excerpt from Sketches of an Imposture, Deception, and Credulity
Ed by Numa Pompilius - King Alfred disguised in the Swine herd's Cottage - His Visit, as a Harper, to the Danish Camp Richard Coeur de Lion takes the Garb of a Pilgrim - He is discovered and imprisoned - Disguises and Escape of Mary, Queen of scots-escape of Charles the Second, after the Battle of Worcester - Of Stanislaus from Dantzic - Of Prince Charles Edward from Scotland - Peter the Great takes the Dress ofa Ship Carpenter - his\visit to England - Anecdote of his Conduct to a Dutch Skipper - Stratagem of the Prin cess Ulrica of prussia-pleasant Deception practised by Ca therine the Second of Russia - Joan of Arc - Her early Life Discovers the King when first introduced at Court - She compels the English to raise the Siege of Orleans - Joan leads the King to be crowned at Rheims - She is taken Pri soner - Base and barbarous Conduct of her Enemies - She is burned at Rouen - The Devil of Woodstock - Annoying Pranks played by it - Explanation of the Mystery - Fair Rosamond 86.
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