| As the news of my __arrival__ spread through the kingdom, it brought __prodigious___ numbers of rich, idle, and curious people to see me; so that the villages were almost __emptied___; and great neglect of tillage and household affairs must have ensued, if his imperial __majesty___ had not provided, by several __proclamations___ and orders of state, against this __inconveniency____. He directed that those who had already beheld me should return home, and not __presume__ to come within fifty yards of my house, without license from the court; whereby the secretaries of state got __considerable_____ fees. |
