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hand of injured innocence, he might have lingered ſome time longer in life, had he kept within the bounds of moderation, by reſtraining the impetuoſity of his unruly paſſions. But his career was pleaſure, to which he gave ſuch a looſe, that his recent wound opened, and bleeding afreſh, reduced him to a ſtate of debility that terminated in his death. On account of his elevated rank in human life, his obſequies were conducted with great pomp and ceremony and his funeral formed a pageant proceſſion, in which his officers and ſoldiers walked in ſolemn pace, to the founds of penſive muſic. After his interment, the women who compoſed his feraglio, laid aſide

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