Innamorata

A Watteau-like representation of a pleasing French scene; the pet of the petticoats of Montreuil taking leave of his innamoratas.

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His anxiety respecting his innamorata at last induced him to risk the voyage.

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In Mendoza, San Luis, Santiago, Buenos Ayres, and all other cities in the provinces of Rio de la Plata, in Chili, and in Peru, whenever a young dandy, calling upon his innamorata, is informed that she is “en casa,” that is at home, he dismounts, extracts from his waistcoat pocket a beautiful pair of slight hobbles (weighing only two ounces), which by two silver buttons he affixes to the fetlocks of his high-bred horse, who, swishing with his long tail the innumerable flies that assail him, and looking at every animal that canters by him, stands stock still, until within the house all the compliments of the season have been paid, and all the songs to the guitar exhausted.

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But most famous of all his innamoratas was Gabrielle d’Estrées, afterwards Duchesse de Beaufort, whom her lover has immortalised in the song commencing “Charmante Gabrielle.”

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