CHAPTERIX。
AfterhavingdefrayedtheexpensesoftravellingformeandmyfriendSchell，forwhoseremarkablehistoryIwillendeavourtofindafewpagesinduecourse，Idividedthethreehundredducatswhichremainedwithhim，and，havingstayedamonthatVienna，hewenttojointheregimentofPallavicini，inwhichhehadobtainedalieutenant—colonel’scommission，andwhichwastheninItaly。
HereIfoundmycousin，BaronFrancisTrenck，thefamouspartisanandcolonelofpandours，imprisonedatthearsenal，andinvolvedinamostperplexingprosecution。
ThisTrenckwasmyfather’sbrother’sson。HisfatherhadbeenacolonelandgovernorofLeitschau，andhadpossessedconsiderablelordshipsinSclavonia，thoseofPleternitz，Prestowacz，andPakratz。AfterthesiegeofVienna，in1683，hehadleftthePrussianserviceforthatofAustria，inwhichheremainedsixtyyears。
ThatImaynothereinterruptmystory，IshallgivesomeaccountofthelifeofmycousinBaronFrancisTrenck，sorenownedinthewarof1741，inanotherpart，andwhofell，atlast，theshamefulsacrificeofenvyandavarice，andreceivedtherewardofallhisgreatandfaithfulservicesintheprisonoftheSpielberg。