reach them. I took those Vehicles, and soon emptied them all; Twenty of them were filled with Meat, and Ten with Liquor, each of the former afforded me two or three good mouthfuls, and I emptied the Liquor of Ten Vessels, which was contained in earthen Vials, into one Vehicle, drinking it off at a draught, and so I did with the rest. The Empress, and young Princes
'Reared up on his hinder Feet.'
of the Blood, of both Sexes, attended by many Ladies, sate at some distance in their Chairs; but upon the Accident that happened to the Emperor's Horse, they alighted, and came near his Person, which I am now going to describe. He is taller by almost the breadth of my Nail, than any of his Court, which alone is enough to strike an Awe into the Beholders. His Features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian Lip and arched Nose, his Complexion olive, his Countenance erect, his Body and Limbs well proportioned, all his Motions
