SEVERAL CONTRIVANCES OF THE AUTHOR TO PLEASE THE KING AND QUEEN.

HE SHOWS HIS SKILL IN MUSIC.

THE KING INQUIRES INTO THE STATE OF ENGLAND, WHICH THE AUTHOR RELATES TO HIM.

THE KING'S OBSERVATIONS THEREON.
I used to attend the king's levee[73] once or twice a week, and had often seen him under the barber's hand, which indeed was at first very terrible to behold; for the razor was almost twice as long as an ordinary scythe.

His majesty, according to the custom of the country, was only shaved twice a week.