lness, because I have no acquaintance in Paris that I dare
trust with it, nor anybody but my woman to leave in the house; and how
to do without her upon the road I do not well know."

"As to the road, be not concerned," says the prince; "I'll provide you
servants to your mind; and as for your woman, if you can trust her,
leave her here, and I'll put you in a way how to secure things as well
as if you were at home." I bowed, and told him I could not be put into
better hands than his own, and that, therefore, I would govern all my
measures by his directions; so we talked no more of it that night.

The next day he sent me in a great iron chest, so large that it was as
much as six lusty fellows could get up the steps into the house; and in
this I put, indeed, all my wealth; and for my safety he ordered a good,
honest, ancient man and his wife to be in the house with her, to keep
her company, and a maid-servant and boy; so that there was a good
family, and Amy was madam, the mistress of the house.

Things being thus secured, we set out incog., as he called it; but we
had two coaches and six horses, two chaises, and about eight
men-servants on horseback, all very well armed.

Never was woman better used in this world that went upon no other
account than I did. I had three women-servants to wait on me, one
whereof was an old Madame ----, who thoroughly understood her business,
and managed everything as if she had been major-domo; so I had no
trouble. They had one coach to themselves, and the prince and I in the
other; only that sometimes, where he knew it necessary, I went into
their coach, and one particular gentleman of the retinue rode with him.

I shall say no more of the journey than that when we came to those
frightful mountains, the Alps, there was no travelling in our coaches,
so he ordered a horse-litter, but carried by mules, to be provided for
me, and himself went on horseback. The coaches went some other way back
to Lyons. Then we had coaches hired at Turin, which met us at Suza; so
that we were accommodated again, and went by easy journeys afterwards to
Rome, where his business, whatever it was, called him to stay some time,
and from thence to Venice.

He was as good as his word, indeed; for I had the pleasure of his
company, and, in a word, engrossed his conversation almost all the way.
He took delight in showing me everything that was to be seen, and
particularly in telling me something of the history of ev