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The Hungarian
‘Then you are a countryman of Tekeli, and of the queen who made the celebrated1 water,’ said I, speaking to the Hungarian in German, which I was able to do tolerably well, owing to my having translated the Publisher’s philosophy into that language, always provided I did not attempt to say much at a time.
Hungarian. Ah! you have heard of Tekeli, and of L’eau de la Reine d’Hongrie. How is that?
Myself. I have seen a play acted, founded on the exploits of Tekeli, and have read Pigault Le Brun’s beautiful romance, entitled the ‘Barons of Felsheim,’ in which he is mentioned. As for the water, I have heard a lady, the wife of a master of mine, speak of it.
Hungarian. Was she handsome?
Myself. Very.
Hungarian. Did she possess the water?
Myself. I should say not; for I have heard her express a great curiosity about it.
Hungarian. Was she growing old?
Myself. Of course not; but why do you put all these questions?
Hungarian. Because the water is said to make people handsome, and, above all, to restore to the aged2 the beauty of their youth. Well! Tekeli was my countryman, and I have the honour of having some of the blood of the Tekelis in my veins3, but with respect to the queen, pardon me if I tell you that she was not a Hungarian; she was a Pole — Ersebet by name, daughter of Vladislaus Locticus, King of Poland; she was the fourth spouse4 of Caroly the Second, King of the Magyar country, who married her in the year 1320. She was a great woman and celebrated politician, though at present chiefly known by her water.
Myself. How came she to invent it?
Hungarian. If her own account may be believed, she did not invent it. After her death, as I have read in Florentius of Buda, there was found a statement of the manner in which she came by it, written in her own hand, on a fly-leaf of her breviary, to the following effect: Being afflicted5 with a grievous disorder6 at the age of seventy-two, she received the medicine which was called her water, from an old
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regained
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avenge
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Christians
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slay
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cannon
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obstinacy
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slain
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exhausted
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exertions
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cardinals
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| 红衣主教( cardinal的名词复数 ); 红衣凤头鸟(见于北美,雄鸟为鲜红色); 基数 | |
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assassinate
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contrived
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eldest
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accusation
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imprisoned
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renowned
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warrior
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dependants
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partisans
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