d their value. If the estates descend only to my children after
my death, I receive neither right nor favour; for, in this case, I obtain
nothing for myself, and shall remain deprived of the rents, which, as the
estate is at present farmed by my brother amount to four thousand rix-
dollars per annum. This estate cannot be taken from him legally, since
he enjoys it by right of purchase.

Such is the present state of the business. How the monarch shall think
proper to decide, will be seen hereafter. I have demanded of the Fiscus
that it shall make a fair valuation of Great Sharlack, reimburse my
brother, and restore it to me. My brother has other estates. These he
will dispose of by testament, according to his good pleasure. Be these
things as they may, the purpose of my journey is accomplished.

Thou, great God, has preserved me amidst my trouble. The purest
gratitude penetrates my heart. Oh, that thou wouldst shield man from
arbitrary power, and banish despotism from the earth!

May this my narration be a lesson to the afflicted, afford hope to the
despairing, fortitude to the wavering, and humanise the hearts of kings.
Joyfully do I journey to the shores of death. My conscience is void of
reproach, posterity shall bless my memory, and only the unfeeling, the
wicked, the confessor of princes and the pious impostor, shall vent their
rage against my writings. My mind is desirous of repose, and should this
be denied me, still I will not murmur. I now wish to steal gently
towards that last asylum, whither if I had gone in my youth, it must have
been with colours flying. Grant, Almighty God, that the prayer I this
day make may be heard, and that such may be the conclusion of my eventful
life!

HISTORY OF
FRANCIS BARON TRENCK.
WRITTEN BY
FREDERICK BARON TRENCK,
AS A NECESSARY SUPPLEMENT TO HIS OWN HISTORY.

Francis Baron Trenck was born in 1714, in Calabria, a province of Sicily.
His father was then a governor and lieutenant-colonel there, and died in
1743, at Leitschau, in Hungary, lord of the rich manors of Prestowacz,
Pleternitz, and Pakratz, in Sclavonia, and other estates in Hungary. His
christian name was John; he was my father's brother, and born in
Konigsberg in Prussia.

The name of his mother was Kettler; she was born in Courland. Trenck was
a gentleman of ancient family; and his grandfather, who was mine also,
was of Prussia. His father, who had served Austria to the age of sixty-
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