Late Mrs. RIETZ, NOW CONFINED IN THE FORTRESS OF GLOGAU AS A STATE-PRISONER. DRAWN FROM ORIGINAL PAPERS , TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN. WITH AN Engraved Portrait of the Countess , AFTER AN Original PAINTING in the Possession of the Countess MATUSKA. Decorative line London: PRINTED BY J. W. MYERS, FOR W. WEST, NO. 27, PATERNOSTER-ROW. Shorter decorative line 1799. AFTER AN Original PAINTING in the Possession of the Countess MATUSKA. Decorative line London: PRINTED BY J. W. MYERS, FOR W. WEST, NO. 2

Shorter decorative line Dear Sir , I avail myself of the departure of an English gentleman, who intends to set out for your city in a few days, to transmit you the translation of a pamphlet which has lately appeared in German, and which is read with great avidity. If the perusal of it should afford you any amusement, it will amply repay the few moments that I devoted to friendship. It consists chiefly of the confessions of a woman, whose beauty first ushered her into notice, and whose intrigues

Shorter decorative line I was born in a small village called Dessau, at the very time when the portentous comet, with its luminous tail, threatened the affrighted inhabitants of my native country with pestilence, famine, war, and all the attendant train of misery. I mean in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ——. Whoever is the least acquainted with the history of that comet will not be at a loss how to find out the remaining figures to complete the year of my birth. My father, H