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4. Lunardi went up in a balloon at Naples on the 13th of September, from the inner court of the palace, and being out of sight some hours, descended, at a village 18 miles distant. The King, on his return, gave him 2000 ducats in specie, a medal worth 400 more, and a ring set with pearls.