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make war with the Emperor

Contalabutte, his neighbor. He

left the government of the

kingdom to the queen his

mother, and earnestly

recommended to her care his

wife and children. He was

obliged to continue his

expedition all the summer, and

as soon as he departed the queen

mother sent her daughter-in-law

to a country house among the

woods, that she might with the

more ease gratify her horrible

longing.

Some few days afterward she

went thither herself, and said to

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