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political or other satire might be made by describing a show of
wax-figures of the prominent public men; and, by the remarks of the
showman and the spectators, their characters and public standing might be
expressed. And the incident of Judge Tyler as related by E---- might be
introduced.
A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly
destructive of a person's happiness. He to impute them to various
persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole
agent. Moral, that our welfare depends on ourselves.
The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five
other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and
bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages. They entered the hall
dancing, the five being fastened together, and the king in front. By
accident the five were set on fire with a torch. Two were burned to
death on the spot, two afterwards died; one fled to the buttery, and
jumped into a vessel of water. It might be represented as the fate of a
squad of dissolute men.
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