b o o k letter written with his own hand, communicated this difco-
■ . ' ■ very to the emprefs of Germany (then queen of Hungary);
who thanked the king for his intelligence, and immediately
wrote to the ftvppofed princefs, as to her aunt ; advifed her
to quit her hufband and child, whom the king of France had
promifed to provide foY, and invited her to Vienna.
Although I had little reafon to gi ve credit to an anonymous
author, and the whole ffory carries with it the air of
fiction, I yet made it thefubject of my. refearches. I found,
upon inquiry, that the circumftances of her death were
fuch as could not be doubted, and accorded with the accounts
which I have before related; and I was, moreover,
informed by a Ruffian nobleman of high- diftin6tion, that
his mother attended the princefs in her illnefs ; that ffie was
a witnefs to her la-ft moments, ■ and faw herfelf the corpfe
laid in ft ate, when perfons of all ranks were admitted to
kifs the hand of the deceafed '*■.
* In L ’ Evefque’ s H ifto ry o f Ruffia there lute contradiction to tb’e. moff undoubted'
is an ample detail o f the rile and progrefs fads ; fuch as. that ihe was affifted in her
o f this anecdote o f the priricefs’s efcape and efcape by the cpuntefs o f K.oningfmaçk,.
adventures. It firft made its appearance in when there was no lady o f that name about
Richer’s continuation o f the Abbé Marcy's her perfon, or at Peteribiirgh ; that the
Hiftoire Moderne ; afterwards in Boffu’s body o f the princefs was interred almoft at
Nouveaux Voyage dans 1*Amérique Septen- the inilant o f her deceafe, and without any
trionale ; and lately was revived in “ Pieces funeral honours ; that Peter I. was not at
H intereifentes et peu connues, pour feryir Peteribürgh when ihe died; that ilie was.
“ à l’Hiftoire in which,, as an additional* brought to bed* before her time o f â pr,in*~
authority, it is qualified'as anext-raCt found cefs, with many other fimilar. aflertions,,.
among the papers o f the late.Duclos, fecre- which fcarcely deferve any ferions réfuta—
tary o f the Royal Academy and Hiftorio- tioa. T h e reader,- who is defirous o f fui +-
grapher o f Frapce. The anecdote, like all- ther information upon thefubjeét, is referred
other ftories which are improved in their to L ’ Evefque Hiftoire de Ruffie, Tom. IV .
progrefs, is dreffed in fomewhat different p. 384— 3.8.9 and. to- the latter part o f
ihapes : in one the name o f the huiband is Muller’ s account, Von dei- Princelfen von
d’Auban, in the other Moldack ; in onefiie- Wolfenbuttel in Buf. Hift. Mng. X V . p.
marries a third time, and again becomes a . 23-9 to 241.— An ex traâ alfo o f the prin-.
.widovv the circumftances o f her efcape are cipal circumftances qf this ftory is given in
alfo varioufly related, and in ail with the . the Gentleman’s Magazine, and from thence-
znoft evident marks o f falfehood^and abfo- is infected in the Annual Regifter. for 1776.;
APPENDI X .
A P P E N D I X .
Catalogue of the principal Books cited in the Courfe of
this Work, with their References.
À . A n t id o t e , & c . t o a B o o k , e n t it le d A J o u r n e y
h i t o S ib e r ia , m a d e in* M D C C L X I , & c .
b y th e A b b e C h a p p e d ’ A u t e r o c h e , 1 7 7 2 . C .
A n t id o t e to th e A b b e C h a p p e .
B. R u f f i f c h e B i b l i o t h e k v o n H a r t \ v . t u d i v . D.
C h r i f t i B a c h m e i f t e r 1 7 7 2 — 1 7 8 2 .
B a c h m e i f t e r ’ s R u i f . B i b . D.
B . M em o i r s o f P e t e r H e n r y B r u c e , E f q ; See.
Lóri,d o n , 1 7 8 2 . B r u c e ’ s M em o i r s .
B. E f f a i ' f u r ' l a B ib lio th è q u e e t l e C a b in e t d e F .
C u r io f ir ë s e t ’ d ’H i f to i f é N k tu r e l l ’e ' d e l ’ A -
ç a d em ië d e s S c ie n c e s d e S t . P e t e r ib o u r g ,
p a r j e a n B a c h n ië i f t ë f , 177^6.
B . B u l 'c h in g ’ s H i f to r i f c h è s u n d G e o g r a p h i f c h e s G .
M a g à z in , 1 7 v o l . B . H . M .
N e i i e E r d b e f ç h r e ib u n g . B u f . E r d . B é f .
C. H i f to i r e D ’E r i c XIV. R o i d e S u e d e t ra d u ite
d u S u é d o is d e M r . O l a f C e l l i u s , & c . G .
1 7 7 7 -
G e f c h i c h t e K o e n ig G u f t a v s d e s E r f t e n v o n H .
O la s C e l i lo— -A u s d em S c h w e d i f c h e n H .
U e b e r z e f z t , 2 v ó i . ’ S v p . 1 7 5 3 .
C . B ib lio t h ë cæ ' Ù p la lie n f is H i f to r i a A u é t o r e
.C e Î f i ô , 1 7 4 5 . H i f t . Bib. U p . H .
C . C o n n o r ’ s H i f t o r ÿ o f P o l a n d , 2 vói".' 8V'o.
C o n n o r . H .
C . R è g lem e n t s d e C a th a r in e I I . P o u r l ’A d - T C .
m in i l i r a t io n d e s G b u y é r n em e n t s d b i ’E in - K .,
pirle d e s R u f f i e s , ï ÿ y S ï ' 0 .
R e n iem e n t s d e C a th a r in e .
C . în ftru ,£ t io n dp C a th a r in e I I . P o u r l a C o m - L .
m i lfto n C h a r g é e 'd e ‘ d r e f fe r lè p r o je t d ’Un '
N o u v 'ê a ù '¡Code d e L b i x , 17,69.
In f t r u ó t io n d é C a th a r in e .
C . M ém o i r e s p o u r f e r v i r a llï à 'G ò im o iflà iV c c d è s <
A f f a i r e s P o l i t iq u e s e t E c o n b 'm iq u e s d u
R o y a u m e d e S u e d e ju f q u ’ à l a fin d e 1 7 7 5 I».
m e A n n é e , b y C a u t z l e r , a V o l s . 4 to . L .
, C a n t z l e r .
C . V o y a g e s a n d T r a v e l s t h r o u g h th e R u f f ia n
• E m p i r e , T a r t a r y , . a n d P a r t o f th e K i n g d
om o f P e r f ia , b y J o h n C o o k , M . D . a t
H am i l t o n , 2 v o ls . 8 v o . 5177,8. .,* ? T ’
C . C r om e r u s D e O r ig in e e t R e b u s G e f t i s P o l o - L .
n o r um . - C r om e r . L .
C . A R e la t io n o f th r e e E m b a f f ic s f r om H i s S à -
• c r e d M a j e f t i e C h a r le s I I . to the- G r e a t L .
D u k e o f M o f c o v ie , th e K i n g ó f S w e d e n ,
an d th e K in g o f D e n m a r k . P e r fo rm e d
b y th e R i g h t H o n . th e E a r l e o f C a r l i f l e M .
V o l . I . 4 g
in t h e Y e a r s 16 6 3 a n d 1 6 6 4 — 16 S 9 .
C a r l i i l c ’ s E m b a f f y .
C o y e r ’ s H i f to i r e d e J e a n S o b ie lk i , 3 v o l . i 2 .
. ' . V i e d e .S o b ie lk i,
D lu g o f f iu s— H i f to r i a P o lo n i c a 1 'L ib r i ' X I I I .
D lu g ó f s . an d D lu g o f f iu s . ' ‘
O l ö f D a h l in s G e f c h i c h t e d e s R e i c h e s S w e d e n
a u s d em S w é d i f c h è n u è b e r fe 'f z t , I V . v o l .
T ' T ; j D a h l in".
H i f to r y o f R u f f i a , & c . b y G i l e s F l e t c h e r ,
fòm e t im e F é i l o w 'o f K ih g }s " C ó l l e g e ' m
C a m b r id g e , a n d em p lo y e d in th e E n g l i f l i
E m b a f f ie .......... ' '• F l e t c h e r .
S am u e l G o t t l i e b G m e l in ’ s R e i f e d u r c h
R u f l l a n d z u r u n t e r fu e c h u n g d e r d r e y
N a tu r r e i c h e , I I I . V o l . 410, 1 7 70— 1 7 7 4 .
. Gvm e l in ’ s B e ife .
G o r d o n ’ s H i f to r y o f P e t e r t h c 'G r é à t , 2 *V o l s .
, ' Gordon.
H a n w a y ’ s T r a v e l s .
L ü dW i g F r e y h e rm v o n H o lb e r g D a e n i f c h e
R e i c h s H i f to r ie in s D e u t f c h e u e .b e r fe t z t ,
__ 7 5 9 - ‘ ' H o lb e r g .
Id e rb e i-fte in s R è r u n i M o f c ò y i t i c a r u m C o m m
e n t a r li in M b f . Ä u i l b r e L H e ib e r f t e in .
H a c k lu y t ’ s .V o y a g e s , 2 V o l . fo l . : H a e i lu v t .*
K o b l e r z i c k y H i f t b r i« Ü J a d i fla j J lL . ‘
to iä r iü t r i ' i 't ìn w ^ ' i n ' ÌM fó fcp viam,' & c . A n n .
'M D .C X C y T Ì I . d e fe r ip tum a J o a n n e
c !K o r l ) .
b c r ip to r e s R è r u m D a n ic a r u m M e d i i J E v i ,
P a r t im h a é le n ù s in e d i t i , p a r t im em e n -
i f - i i S i f '# * l S S os “ U o g it J a c o b u s L a n p c -
fcek & c ; V V ö l . - F o i : .-7 7 2 ' _ i 7 S 3; b e g u n
Py and continued by Su hm.
T , . . . . L a n g e b è l c .
L u b i e n s ik i T r e s E p i f t o la r u m D e c a d e s .
L e n g n i c k J u s P u b l ic u m R e g n i P o lo n ia : , z
, l ° l - 1 21" ° - L e n g n i c k J u s P u b .
P a c t a C o n v e n t a A u g u f t i I I I . L e n e n i c k
P a c . C o n . A u g . I I I .
^ H i f t o m P o lo n ia : a L e c h o a d A n n u m 1 7 4 8 .
t'■ n L e n g n i c k H i f t . P o l . •
L in d s P r e f e n t S t a te o f P o la n d .
L e v e i q u e ’ s H i f to i r e d e R u f f i e , 5 V o l . I 2m o .
t I i . i Z * . r r -n • L ’ E v e fq u e .
L e - C l e r c ’ s H i f to i r e P h y f iq u e , M o r a l e , C i v
i l e e t P o l i t iq u e d e la R u f f ie A n c i e n n e e t
M o d e r n e , 3 V o l . 4 to , 1 7 8 3 . L e C l e r c .
M u l l e r s S am lu n g R u f f i f c h e r G e l c h i c h t e
9 v o ls . 8 v o . f r o m 1 7 5 2 to 1 7 6 4 . S . R . G*
M . I t e r