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 '^'^" MEN OF KENT. ;; 
 
 'S^* Gentlemen^ ■-•t; bf-^t :,-'-iorM '\o i^it^i f. ji'iv/ 
 
 TAKE the Liberty of recommending to 
 your Patronage the following Difcourfe, the 
 Defign of which is to record the Military 
 Fame and Charader of the late illuftrious 
 
 General Wolfe. , f< 
 
 I WILLINGLY uadertook theTafk, unbiaffed and un- 
 ^ed; prefuming, ' though "^X Abilities were far un- 
 equal to it, (for an Achilles (hould be defcnbed by a 
 Homer, and an Alexander painted by an Ap^l^'^;) 
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 from the Novelty of tlie Compofition, rardiy attctppt^ 
 among us, and the Excelknce of «he iGJwjeA it !^MSr 
 
 An Addrefs to none but you, Gentlemen, feemed 
 proper on this Occafion.; becaufe, as it is your County 
 that gave Birth to, and nurfed the Hero, it was but juft 
 you (hould, on that Account, fhare in the Elogiums, 
 which are due to his Merit; and even pride youifelves, 
 that, with the general Applaufe of the Nation, you can 
 a<yain add to your Lift of Kentish Worthies, in 
 cfhurch and State, in the Army and Navy, the Name 
 of a Man op Kent, who is the Glory of the prefent 
 Age, and will be the Admiration of the future. 
 
 Go on. Gentlemen, and profper. May you never 
 want a Race of Heroes ; and may every Man among 
 you, in the Support and Defence of his Country, prove 
 himfelf a true Man of Kent, which is the hearty 
 
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 E *fent out his Arrowiy andfcattered them j and hejhot 
 out Lightnings^ and difcomjited them. Thefe are the 
 Words of David, acknowledging, in the Jubilation 
 of a Heart full of Gratitude, the Power of God j 
 when He, tlie Lord, his Strength and Buckler, the 
 Horn of his Salvation, and high Tower, delivered him from the 
 Hand of all his Enemies, and from the Hand of Saul. 
 
 The fame great and mighty God, glorious -f inHoIinefs, fearful 
 in Praifes, doing Wonders, has lately manifefted his Power and 
 ftretched-out Arm, in Defence of this Nation ; his Munificence 
 has {howered down upon us all the Bleffings of Peace, whilft hii 
 Juftice makes other Nations feel all the Calamities of War ; he has 
 
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2 The Life of General James Wolfe, ^c. 
 
 crowned our Arms with fignal Succeffcs both by Sea and Land ; the 
 Haughtinefs of our inveterate Foes has been covered by hira with 
 Shame and Confufion ; and if, regardlefs of his Chaftifements, they 
 perfift in wicked Deligns, in pertidious Dealings, in violent Mca- 
 iures, he will furely level all their afpiring Thoughts with the Dud, 
 and crulh into Abortion their deilrudive Machinations. * • • 
 
 We have always, and now more efpecially, jufl: Reafon to let 
 Praifes and Thankfgivings dwell on our Lips, and in our Minds, 
 for the lingular Mercies it has pleafed God to lliew us. Let us 
 therefore raife the Voice of Exultation, let us found the Trumpet 
 of Praife, let us pay the Tribute of Thanks to the Moft High. This 
 our Felicity, next to, and under the Direi^ion of his all-gracious 
 providential Care, we are indebted for to his Majelly's wife Counfels, 
 which the Event has proved to have been planned with a iudicious 
 Forecaft, and executed with a no lefs noble than vigorous Spirit. It 
 was thefe wife Counfels that made Choice of General Jamks VVoi.fb 
 for the Conqueft of ^lebec^ the Capital of the Frinch Empire in. 
 North America. He did not helitate to. obey his Orders, or cavil 
 with his Inftru(ftio43S ; l^is Country called him forth j he went, 
 fought the Enemy, and died crowned with.ViAory. ... -*- 
 
 HF.RK,.what a Scene, mingled with Glory and Pity, Joy and Sor- 
 row, Triumph and Mourning, prefents itfclf to View 1 
 
 How glorious was it for a fmall' Body of Troops, amidft a Mul- 
 tiplicity of Obftaclcs, almoft unfurmountable, to defeat fo numerous 
 an Enemy j and yet we pity that Bravery, that Ardour, that Incen- 
 tive to Honour, that Senfe of Duty, that Love of the Country ia 
 the noble Commander j becaufc, as the moving Spring to animate 
 others with Motion, as the powerful Example begun and fhewn in 
 himfelf to lead on to Conqueft,. he was thereby prompted to hazard 
 and lofe a Life fo, precious to his Country ! 
 
 Hark ! what Shouts of Joy rend the Sky whilftJS;-/Vi7w cry Vic- 
 tory ! The neighbouring Mountains fend back the Sound ; ^ebce 
 hears it, cliilled with Horrors ; the Indian Nations ftand aftoniflied : 
 But alas ! this Joy, fo full of Confufion for the Enemy i fo fweet a 
 
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The Life of Gemial James Wolfe, ^c, 3 
 
 Source of Pleafure for Briiofis, is fuon marred with Bitternefs. Bri- 
 torn fee, with Sorrow painted on their down-call Faces, their General 
 breathing his laft ; they count over, with Regret, his honourable 
 Wounds ; and while they bathe thctn with tlieir Tears, they cannot 
 help thinking, that, that Vi*5lory mud be ineftimablc, which required 
 for its Purchale the Blood of lo great and fo good a General. 
 
 Lo ! Triumphs were not wanting, to declare the Importar i of 
 our Conquell. They were not, indeed, thofe Triumphs that dazr.lc 
 the Sight, by the Splendor of an external folemn I'omp ; but thcv 
 were Triumphs in the Heart of every true Briton, and every fmccre 
 Wilher to the Welfare of his Country. Our North American Colo- 
 nics had long experienced all the Inconveniencies of a more than 
 troublefomc Neighbourhood ; they were delivered up, by an en- 
 croaching and rapacious Enemy, to the Incurfions and Depredations 
 of the mo(t barbarous Savages : Let us draw a Veil over the Treat- 
 ment they received, over the uncommon Cruelties exercifed upon 
 them i Humanity cannot fland the Shock of a bare Reprefentation ! 
 What mud be their Thoughts when the welcome News came to 
 them of the Conqueft of ^cbcc ? All their Fears were diflipated ; 
 the certain Hopes of future Peace ^md Security fmiled upon them ; 
 every Bread glowed with Triumph. Britain, a fond Parent, felt 
 the warm Emotions of the dear Children (he had nurtured and edu- 
 cated with fo much Care. How deeply was flie, fomc Time ago, 
 afflidled to learn their Diftrefs ? She rode on the rapid Wings of 
 Tendernefs to their Relief; her potent Arm raifed them up ; it bade 
 them follow to the Revenge of Battle 5 and now fhe exults with 
 them in Triumph. O great and glorious Triumph, how magnificent 
 vvouldd thou have been, were the Triumphs of mortal Man, pure, 
 unfuUiedj and unmixed 1 Thy Brightnefs is obfcured, thy Beauties 
 fade, thy Gaiety grows fullen, when the Reflecflion darts upon us, 
 difmal and doleful Refledion 1 proclaiming aloud, that Wolfe is 
 dead ; Wolfe ! that valiant Captain, Avhofe aufpicious Condudl is 
 the Caufe of all our Triumph. Then, O then, the Eye is feen to 
 mourn ; the Countenance in vain recals its Sprightlinefs j nay, the 
 whole Body, to lliew it fympathifes with tliv, fmcere Regret of 
 the Mind, would willingly clothe itfelf with a Garb expreflive of 
 Sorrow ! .^ . ;. 
 
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 But ceafe, ye unavailing Tears ! Ceafe to flow ! Ye flow without 
 Reafon ! Wolfe is not dead. He now enjoys a Life of Immorta- 
 lity. His Memory will be for ever dear to Britons. Heaven, fum- 
 ming up his heroic Virtues, judged them to be ripe for the Fruitioa 
 of eternal Happinefs. Yes, O Divine Being, Author of all good 
 Gifts ! He * ajked Life of thee, and thou gaveji it him, even Length of 
 Days for ever and ever : His Glory is great in thy Salvation, Honour 
 iind Majejiy hajl thou laid upon him. 
 
 Such are the ineffable Rewards that await Virtue ; fuch General 
 James Wolfe is now ia the quiet and undifturbed Poflefllon of;, 
 he now fits exalted above the Reach of impotent Envy, which can- 
 not detradt from his Merit ; and this his Merit will appear in the 
 moil confpicuous and amiable Light, after pafling in Review the 
 principal Adions of his Life. 
 
 James Wolfe has a juft Claim to very honourable Progenitors. 
 He was the Son of Colonel Edward Wolfe, and was born at 
 IVe/ierham, in the County of Keni, where he was baptifed fanuary 
 the nth, 1726. It is faid of him, that, even in his earlieft Youth, 
 he had by Words and AdlLons exhibited feveral Specimens of what 
 he was one Day likely to be : So true it is, that the natural Difpo- 
 fition will work its Way, and fliew itfelf in the Difplay of ingenious 
 Contrivances, when the Application of Art and Precepts, where 
 it is wanting, will have little or no Effedl. His illuftrious Parents, 
 who could eafily difcern in him the Dawn of great Hopes, were 
 afliduous to improve it into the Maturity of ftrong, bright, and vi- 
 vid Rays. Every Thing in young Wolfe contributed to fecond 
 their Intentions j he not only performed whatever he was enjoined 
 with all the Alacrity of Inclination, but even his Performance was 
 admirable ; and the more fb, as it far exceeded his Years. Happy 
 Genius ! deftined by fuch evident Marks to be the Support and 
 Ornament of your Country. 
 
 These were only the Rudiments and Eflfays of tender Childhood : 
 The Flower was ftill in the Bud j it only gUftened bedecked with 
 
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 thc Pearls of Morning Dew. But, when once its native genial 
 Warmth began to tranfmit the generous Sap, it opened, it blowed, 
 into all the Charms of Adolefceney. Now we beV^^ld young Wolfe, 
 not infenfibly, but, by a briflc and lively Progrefs, learning ami 
 pradifing all the Duties, and all the Virtues, that fpread their Luf- 
 tre on a well-inftituted Life. His Apprehenfion was exceeding quick 
 and clear, penetrating almoft in a Moment into the deepelt Rc- 
 ccfles of whatever was necefl'ary for him to know : His Judgment, 
 acute and folid, readily determined him in the Choice of what was 
 beft ; and his Memory, eafy and retentive, laid up for his life, as 
 in a faithful Repofitory, all his precious Acquifitions. Society, as 
 in a Mirrour, could contemplate in him all the Perfedtions that 
 tend to inhance its Benefit. His Friend (hips were the more fincere 
 and conftant, as being cemented on the Groundwork of Reafon ; 
 yet not fo retrained to the Sweets of particular Attachments, as 
 ever to exclude a more extenfive Spirit of Benevolence, which 
 glowed in him, to promote the univerfal Good of Mankind. 
 Hence he was polite, affable, gentle, free, and unreferved in his 
 Converfation ; no ftiff", fullen,, forbidding, haughty, boifterous Airs 
 ruffled the Serenity of his Countenance ; and, as his Graces were 
 truly engaging, actuated by Honour, replete \vith Candour, devoid 
 of Affedation, (o none ever refufed him the kindeft Wilhes oi 
 their Hearts. 
 
 Besides thefe focial Virtues, and many others which might be 
 enumerated, he pofTeffed, even in thofe Years, that Purity and In- 
 tegrity of Mind, whicJi made him on all Occafions adhere flridly 
 to the DIdates of Juflice, and withal infpired him with fuch a deep 
 Senfe of Religion, that the good Chriftian did not feem fo much 
 added to, as to crown and complete the Uniformity of his Con- 
 dudl. And, indeed, it was this Senfe of Religion that imparted 
 Spirit and Motion; nay, I may fay, covered with the Shield of In- 
 trepidity, and fitted the Wings of Impetuofity to, the Courage 
 which afterwards appeared in his military Charat'ter. He was tho- 
 roughly convinced within himfelf, that he who is regardlcfs of his 
 Duty to God, will be but a fuperficial Obferver of his Duty to his 
 Country and Prince. The Oflicer whofe Vigour of Mind and Bo- 
 dy is ecoafculated by Voluptuoufnefs, whofe Appetites reliih nothing 
 
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 but Immoralities, cannot look at an Enemy in the Face: He eltlier 
 iVies, betraying the dallai'dly Spirit of a Coward ; or, overwhehiicd 
 by all the Horrors of confcious Guilt, I neels, deprecating the Ven- 
 geance of the uplifted Arm ready to ftiike the fatal Blow : Where- 
 as the Chridian Soldier, who complies with his Duty, not by Ne- 
 celTity, but by Choice 3 not through the fervile Fear of Reproach, 
 but fur the Welfare and Glorv of his Country, is not abafhcd to 
 meet his Foe ; he is fcized with no Horrors of Confcience to make 
 him grovel in Timidity ; his Mind is credl, fteady, and adtive ; no 
 Diriiculties can obflrud: his victorious Sword, nor no Dangers deter 
 him from executing the Purpofe of his Soul. 
 
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 All the Anions of Wolff exprefll-d this Pourtrait of the Chrif- 
 tian Soldier, from the very Time he embraced the Profeflion of 
 Arms, which was fo early as when he was but juft able to bear 
 them. Eager to receive Inftrudion, pundlual to obey Command, 
 alfiduous to form himfelfand others to all the Exa(ftnefs of military 
 Difcipline, he ibon merited the Efteem of his Equals, and was ho- 
 noured with the Commendations of his Superiors. How wonder- 
 fully docs Praife operate on an ingenuous Mind ! It is its Sting, 
 its Spur, its Fire j it roufes, it puflies on, it inflames the whole 
 Man to atchieve the moCi; gallant Exploits : Yet Wolfk, though 
 fcnlible of it, was far from being puffed up with vain Pride : Praife 
 may flatter others with the Thoughts of Sclf-fuliiciency, with an over 
 Confidence in their Abilities ; but in him its Effeds were only 
 predominant to the Out-doing of himfclf in llill greater and more 
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 During the lafl: War he was prefent at almoft every Engagement, 
 
 in which he bore no inconfiderable Part, lignalifing his Courage by 
 vigorous Attacks upon the Enemy, and frequently his Condudt, in 
 a very mail:erly Manner, aniidlt Dangers and Dilhculties. No 
 Wonder, then, if his military Genius was fingled out, as one that 
 proinifed to appear eminently dillinguidied in the firll: Rank. But, 
 whilll it was thus rifing apace, admired and applauded by all. Peace 
 lulled to Reft the Horrors of War, and cut iliort his fond Hopes of 
 giuhering frelli Laurels. ' •-.-■■' ■•_•.."....'.>. s =v.- 
 
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 It happens but too often, upon the Declantlon of a Peace, that 
 both the Otlicer and Soldier, to wear down the dilagrecablc Im- 
 prefllon of the many Fatigues and Hardfliips they underwent in 
 the Service of the War, greedily catch at the Aaiufement of every 
 Relaxation, or rather the Bait of every Pleafure that prelents itfelf. 
 This Inchantment, fo fwect and ravifhing in the Tallc it atlords, 
 is fraught with a fure though flow Poifon. The Defires are Simu- 
 lated to a further Indulgence, and at Length Habit fo rivets the 
 Chains of foft Dalliance, that the martial Hero, encompafl'ed by 
 them, is furprifed, when called upon to exert his former Valour, 
 that he cannot poflibly find himfelf. Not fo with Wolfe. Re- 
 creation and Pleafure never fo prevailed over him as to make him 
 forget what he owed to himfelf and to his Country. All the 
 Nerves of his warlike Difpofition were kept firmly braced ; and, 
 fludious to improve the important LefTons he had already learned 
 into a lading Advantage, he wifely made the Eafe and Leifure of 
 Peace inflrumental to the cultivating of the Arts of War. 
 
 And who but he could fo properly make War his Study ? Who 
 hut he difcovered the mighty Genius for it ? The more we take a 
 View of this Genius, the more we Ihall be enamoured of it : No 
 Quality was wanting to it, which feeraed requifite to form and mag- 
 nify the Hero. Ancient and modern Difcipline were equally known. 
 to him : He united the moft (hining Tilcnts of the bell Maftcrs ia 
 the Science of War in his own Perfon ; fully pcri'uaded, that it is 
 not Speculation, which may be vain and idle, but Contrivance,' Tn- 
 ^uftry, and Application that complete, the. Warrior. 
 
 Of this I call you to be the Witnefles, ye fix Battalions, that fought 
 fo glorioufly in the Plains of Mindcn ! All the Frcjich Cavalry felt 
 your Shock, ftriking down and ravaging like a Thunder-bolt. It 
 was not a wild Force, rufliing forth with precipitate RaOincis, and 
 often fpending itfelf in the Impetuolity of its Efforts, that broke and 
 routed the Enemy's Squadrons; it was the Regularity and Exadncfs 
 of Difcipline Wolfe himfelf infufed into one of thefc Battalions, 
 when he governed it as .Lieutenant-Colonel. By the InfLJndl'Of his 
 Capacity it leads the Way in that Field of Fame 3 the rcil fpeed af- 
 "'" ■' ■ ■. '' • ' " ■ ;■ ter 
 
\i ' 
 
 3 Toe Life of General James Wolfe, ^c, 
 
 tcr the great Example : Inclination calls them to it, and Death is 
 dealt from every Blow of the invincible Legion ! 
 
 This is thy Vidory, here are thy Trophies, O Wolfe ! I fay 
 again it was the Inftinct cf thy Capacity that conquered in the Plains 
 of Minden : Thy Spirit, thy Elevation, Prefence of Mind, and Judg- 
 ment were prefent at the Battle : They guided the Work thy Hands 
 had falhloned ; and this Work overthrew the Enemy, with great 
 Slaughter. All Europe heard of it and was amazed ! Britain knew 
 thee, her Son, to be the Author of it, and therefore fhe now records 
 the Glory of this Day in her Annals, to thy immortal Honour ! 
 
 When, at the Breaking-out of the prefent War, the great Mi- 
 nirter, who now fits at the Helm of Affairs, was making ftrenuous 
 Efforts to cut off the Hydra-Head of Fadtion, and to awake the na- 
 tional Spirit from the ungrateful Slumbers it was laid in, Wolfe, 
 frerti with manly Life, appeared upon the Stage of Acftion, to put 
 in Pradlice, for his Country's Service, the profound Study we have 
 feeci him make in Peace of the Arts of War. The Minifter's dif- 
 cerning Eye pointed him out to be a powerful Aid to thofe, who, 
 in R>ght of Seniority, claimed the Command, for executing his De- 
 iigns againll Rochjort ; though the ill Succefs of that Affair gave us 
 afterwards Reafon to wi(h the Claim had been founded on the Right 
 of undii'puted Merit, influenced and biaffed by the unfeigned Love 
 of the Country. However pure and upright the Patriot Minifter's 
 Intentions were, it may be faid, that, his Adminiftration being then 
 in its Infancy, and not fo thoroughly eftablifhed. Feuds, Animofi- 
 ties, and Jealoufies had not yet fubfided ; and that there remained 
 a Deal of the old Leaven, to corrupt the Mafs of the new, yet true 
 Syllcm of Policy, if it was not purged off by due Circumfpedtion. 
 Tinie alone, and a true Eftimate of our real Intereft, can produce 
 thcfe defirahle Effeds ; and it is therefore we fliall leave the well- 
 projeded Attack oi Roc b fort in the Obfcurity it has been involved in, 
 obferving only, to the * Honour of our young Hero, who was Quar- 
 tcr-Mafter-Gcneral upon this Expedition, that he, with other Ofli- 
 ccrs, whilll: our Fleet remained in the Bay of Bafquey the Weather 
 being at the lame Time very favourable for a Defcent, went on 
 
 * What is lierc afTcrted tr.ay be fccn autlienticatcd by our bell Accounts. 
 
 Shore 
 
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The Life of General James Wolfe, ^c. 9 
 
 Shore one Night, and walked two Miles up the Country without 
 Interruption. Every Part of the Beach was found by him and his 
 Company to be firm and dry ; no Incampment, no Troops, no Bat- 
 teries upon it. All, upon their Return to the Fleet, prcflld the 
 Landing of the Troops with great Warmth j and, to the very lafl, 
 there did not appear to be any great Body of Men near the Shore, 
 though fomething looked like an Incampment. 
 
 A s it was pradlicable to land j as no fufficient Body of the Ene- 
 my's Troops or Batteries were difcovered to prevent it ; as there was 
 no Difference in the Situation oiRochforty contrary to the Intelligence 
 given at Court j the Failure of the Expedition feemed to be chiefly 
 grounded on not taking or attacking Fort Fouras. This was certi- 
 fied by the brave Wolfe : who took the Liberty, as he fays him- 
 felf, of fuggefting his Opinion to Sir Edward Hawke and Sir John 
 Mordaunty That he did not doubt but a Ship of War might batter 
 Fort FouraSy and that a Bodv of Troops might be landed at the fame 
 Time, and attack it with Succefs : He took the Liberty alfo to men- 
 tion, as he only had (ten the Fort, that, if Sir Edward Hawke 
 thought proper to make a Diverfion near Rochelle at the fame Time, 
 it might engage the Attention of the French, and give an Opportu- 
 nity of making a Defcent between : He further hinted his Opinion, 
 as to fending the Bomb-Ketches out, not knowing but Bombs might 
 be thrown into Rochelle ; and he mentioned another Circumftance, 
 Ln Regard to fending for the Pilot of the Magnanime, who would 
 inform Sir Edward if there was Depth of Water fufficient to carry 
 a Ship up to Fouras ; adding, from the indifferent Op'nion he had 
 of the Fort, a forty or fifty Gun Ship might at lead annoy the Fort, 
 fo as to give an Opportunity of landing. 
 
 Here were Difpofitions worthy of the moft experienced General ; 
 Difpofitions which in all Probability would have been attended with 
 Succefs in the Execution, if they had been hearkened unto with a 
 real Intention of doing effedtual Service. The generous Heart of 
 Wolfe could not help teftifying its Regret for fuch a Stagnation in 
 Refolution, which appeared but too fenfibly : And, as he fincerely 
 wilhed well to his Country, what indignant Emotions muft have fil- 
 led his Breaft, to fee an expenfive and formidable Armament ferve 
 
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10 The Life of General James Wolfe, ^c, 
 
 only the Purpofes of a vain Parade ! Well may Complaints and 
 Murmurings be heard from mod Quarters ; not againft the Minif- 
 ter nor the Admiral ; for their Glory, far from being eclipfed, rofe 
 fuperior to all Envy : The Minifter had ftill a Wolfe, who was 
 willing and able to wipe away the Nation's Difgrace ; and this he 
 did, when the brave Amherji fuffered him, uncontrouled, to exert 
 his Talents for the Taking of Louijburg. 
 
 On *the 2d oi June, 1758, when our Fleet, with about a Third 
 of their Complement of Troops, anchored in Gabarus Bay, the gal- 
 lant Wolfe, then a Brigadier-General, in Conjundion with Ge» 
 neral Amherjt^ the Commander in Chief, and Brigadier-General 
 Lawrence, reconnoitred the Shore as near as they could} and made 
 a Difpofition for landing in three Places the next Morning, in Cafe 
 the reft of the Troops arrived. The Weather continuing very bad, 
 and the Swell of the Sea high, the Landing could not poffibly take 
 Place till the 8th ; at which Time Brigadier-general Wolfe was 
 the firft that rowed into the Shore with his Detachment. The 
 Enemy did not throw away a Shot, till his Boats were near in 
 Shore, and then directed the whole Fire of their Cannon and Muf- 
 quetry upon them. Notwithftanding their Fire, and the Violence 
 of the Surf, which made it almoft impracticable to find a Place for 
 getting a Boat on Shore, Brigadier Wolfe purfued his Point ; and, 
 landing juft at the Left of the Cove, took Poft, attacked the Enemy, 
 and forced them to retreat. Several Boats overfet, feveral were fhat- 
 tered to Pieces, and all the Men jumped into the Water, to follow 
 their intrepid Leader. ..* * . • • ■' - - ., 
 
 Many were the Services whereby he afterwards fignalifed himfelf 
 during this S'^je ; and, particularly, when, on Intelligence received 
 that the Enemy had deftroyed the grand Battery, and called in their 
 Out-pofts, he was detached with 1200 Men, four Companies of 
 Grenadiers, three Companies of Rangers, and fome light Infantry, 
 round the north-eaft Harbour to the Light-Houfe Point, to filence 
 the Ifland Battery, and at the fame Time to attempt to deftroy the 
 Ships in the Harbour. He took PolTeffion of the Light-Houfe Point, 
 with all the Pofls on that Side the Harbour, which the Enemy had 
 
 * See the Gazette of ^«f/^ 1 8, 1758. 
 
 abandoned. 
 
Th^ Life of General James Wolfe, ^c. i i 
 
 abandoned, with feveral Cannon } and, when a large Party of them 
 had crept out one Morning, to get fome old Palifades and Wood, he 
 pufhed them in with a brifk Fire ; and, taking Pods on the Hills, 
 from whence it was intended to try to demolifli chc Shijiping, he 
 marched forward on the Right, and forced the Enemy back to Cope 
 Ncire, with a fmart Fire. After this, a great Cannonading conti- 
 nuing from the Town and Shipping on our Batteries, he was ma- 
 king an advanced Work on the Right, thrown up at 650 Yards from 
 the Covered- Way, with an Intention of eredling a Battery to de- 
 ftroy the Defences of the Place. The next Thing he did, was to 
 pufh on a Corps, and take PofTeflion of the Hills in the Front of 
 the Barafoy, where he made a Lodgment : And, laftly, a few Days 
 before the Town capitulated, his Batteries contributed greatly to 
 burn three of the Enemy's Ships. In fliort, it is incredible what 
 extraordinary Feats he performed in this Siege j and all of them the 
 genuine Effeds of his diftinguiflied Abilities, his Condudl and In- 
 trepidity ; which rendered him a Terror to the Enemy, and not 
 without juft Reafon the Safeguard and Ornament of his Country. 
 
 On his Return home, what Encomiums were pafled upon him 
 by all Degrees of Men ! But he, modeft and difcreet, afcribed all 
 the Glory to the prudent Management of him under whom he fought. 
 It was a fufficient Satisfadlion to himfelf that his Country had been 
 faithfully ferved, and that he had done what he thought only his 
 Duty. Unparalleled Moderation in the Manner of accepting the 
 Tribute of Praife ! Yet it is by thefe and the like humble Sentiments 
 that exalted Merit appears in the Bloom of never-fading Beauty. 
 Pride, and Arrogance, and Self-conceit will make but a contempti- 
 ble Figure j and, notwithftanding all Endeavours to impofe by a 
 glaring Outlide, cannot help fiiewing the ridiculous Deformity. 
 
 Wolfe then deferved, as the Reftorer of the Reputation of the 
 BrhijJo Arms ; as the Conqueror of Cape Breton with the noble Am- 
 ber jl ; to r'de with him in the triumphal Car of Fame. Amhcrjl does 
 not refufe to acknowledge him the Partner of his Glory : Even with- 
 out Jealoufy he felicitates him that others think as well of him as of 
 h'nifelf ; and, to declare how eminently he (lands in his Efteem, he 
 generoufly recommends him to his Country, as worthy of the higheft 
 
 C 2 military 
 
12 iTye Life of General James Wolfe, ^e, 
 
 military Command. This Recommendation, though powerful, and 
 highly valued by the grateful Wolfe, did not however carry that 
 Force and Energy with it as his own Adlions. They fpoke aloud 
 what he was and what he would be j and, though filent himfelf, 
 uninfluenced by Ambition, which he was never known to court 
 through the Mediation of the Great j and intirely paflive in the Dif- 
 pofal that might be made of his Abilities, he was called upon, as 
 the ufeful Man in the Exigencies of the State, to command the im- 
 portant Expedition againft ^lebec. 
 
 There is fomething fecret in Nature, not to be defined or ex- 
 prefl'ed by Words, which, on confidering certain Objecfls, roufes the 
 Paflions from the Indolency of Indifference, to make them imbibe 
 the Delicacies of Refinement, and elates the Soul with a full Prof- 
 petfl of Grandeur, Magnificence, Excellence, and Delight. Such 
 is the Confideration of Wolfe's Spirit in tlie conducing of this En- 
 terprife ; it is an Objed: that quickens the dull Lethargy of the Paf- 
 fions into the livelicft Tranfports j we cannot withold our Admira- 
 tion of it J the Soul fometimes quietly and joyfully refts in its Con- 
 templation J fometimes fhe is winged into Extafies ; for flie finds in 
 it both Grandeur and Delight : Not Grandeur and Delight con- 
 tracted within a narrow Compafs, as in a Meadow variegated with 
 Flowers, and receiving an additional Beauty from a purling Brook, 
 taught to water the tender Grafs ; but Grandeur and Delight, vail 
 and extenfive, as in the unbounded Profpedt of Hiils and Vales, 
 inumbrated with tall Cedars, and watered by an expanded River. 
 
 Few or none ever before rofe to Wolfe's great Reputation in 
 War, till they had firft obtained and firmly eftabliHied it by repeated 
 Vidories and Commands. He, in fome Meafure, as an unprece- 
 dented Example, building upon the Foundation of fcarce any other 
 Advantages than the Expedlation he had raifed of himfelf, at once 
 gained fuch an Afcendant in the Love of his Fellow-fubjedts, the 
 Confidence of the Soldiery, the Efteem of the Officers, the Refpedt 
 of the Government, the Favour of the Court, that all, with undif- 
 guifed unanimous Suffrages, placed him in the Summit of this Com- 
 mand. We Ihiall now fee how he behaved himfelf in it, how he 
 3 proved 
 

 The Life of General ]ma^s Wolfe, ^c. 13 
 
 proved himfelf worthy of it) as othervvife a General mufl have little 
 Reafon to value himfelf upon the moft fhining Succefs. 
 
 When * General Wolfe appeared before ^ebec, in the River 
 of St. Laurence, with his Troops, he found the Obftacles to his in- 
 tended Operations much greater than he had Reafon to expeft, or 
 cculd forefee, and chiefly from the natural Strength of the Country, 
 which the Enemy feemed wifely to depend upon. To complete 
 their Security, Succours of all Kinds had been thrown into ^lebec, 
 and a numerous Body of regular Troops, joined to the Troops of the 
 Colony, filled up with every Canadian that was able to bear Arms, 
 befides feverai Nations of Savages, had taken the Field in a very ad- 
 vantageous Situation. 
 
 What was the Profpedt of reducing a Place which was every 
 Way fo well prepared for a vigorous Defence ? General Wolfe 
 could not flatter himfelf that he was able to efi'ed it ; yet, with his 
 little Army, whofe Courage and Refolution he could depend upon, 
 he hoped, if an Opportunity ofl^ered of attacking that of the Enemy, 
 however fuperior and formidable, he Ihould difconcert their Mea- 
 fures by difperfing them, and fo as to facilitate with Succefs an At- 
 tack upon the Town. 
 
 The Enemy were encamped along the Shore, and intrenched in- 
 every acceflible Part. On his Landing upon the Ifle of Orleam, he 
 found it abfolutely neceflary both to poflTefs himfelf of, and to forti- 
 fy, the Point of Lm", and the Weftermofl: Point of the Ifle j be- 
 caufe, from either the one or the other, the Enemy might make it 
 impoflible for any Ship to lie in the Bafon o^ ^ebec, or even with- 
 in two Miles of it. This Service being performed with little Lofs, 
 he ordered Batteries of Cannon and Mortars to be ereded with 
 great Difpatch on the Point of Levi, to bombard the Town and 
 Magazines, and to injure the Works and Batteries. The Enemy, 
 perceiving thefe Works in great Forwardnefs, pafled the River to 
 attack and deftroy them ; but, falling into Confufion, they fired up- 
 on one another, and went back j and the Efledl: of this Artillery 
 
 * Sec the Gazette oi October i6, 1759. 
 
 was 
 
I 
 
 14 T/je Life of Gcmral James WoLVE^ ^c. 
 
 v/as fo great, though a-crofs the River, that the Upper Town was 
 conliderably damaged, and the Lower intirely deftroyed. 
 
 The Variety of his other Difpofitions, Stratagems, and maflerly 
 Strokes of Generalfliip, are Hill fo recent in every one's Memory, 
 that a Detail of them is unneceflary; and it will be fufficient to fay, 
 that, to draw the Enemy from their Situation, and bring them to 
 an Adlion, he at laft formed and executed that great Plan of con- 
 veying his Troops above the Town, after leaving the Points of Levi 
 and Orleans in a proper State of Defence. He was but juft then 
 recovered from a dangerous Fit of Illnefs, yet his bodily Strength, 
 as if not in the leaft impaired, was fo refreflied hv the Vigour of his 
 Mind, that he was prefent in Pc fon, adive, di ent, and indefa- 
 tigable, wherever any Thing was to be done or ordered for taking 
 an Advantage of the Enemy. Thus fulfilling, in his whole Man- 
 ner, the Chara<!ler of Cafar ; 
 
 iV/7 aSfum reputansfi quid fuperejfet agendum. 
 
 And now the Enemy, being obliged to quit their Pofl:, colled-ed 
 the whole of their Forces, and advanced to give Battle, which they 
 could not avoid. General Wolfe, in the mean Time, put his 
 little Army in extreme good Order, and difplayed his Ranks fo as 
 to ftrike a Terror into the Enemy by the Appearance of a far great- 
 er Number than he really 'lad. Cool, provident, and prepared in 
 this Manner for all Events, his Troops fliewing, at the fame Time, 
 a Countenance mixed with Alacrity and Steadinefs, he received the 
 Enemy's firft Shock, which, as it is cuftomary with them, was very 
 brifk and animated. But this their Vivacity, from a little Check, 
 is foon relaxed into the Debility of unrelifting Languor j the Man 
 degenerates into Woman, and can only exert a like impotent Strug- 
 gle. Wolfe prudently referved his Fire till he was within forty 
 Yards, and then it was fo well continued, and with fuch good Ef- 
 fect, that the Enemy every where gave Way. In this Onfet, a 
 Mufquet-ball pierced through, and (liattercd the Bone of his Wrifl j 
 but, regardlefs of fuch a painful and defperatc Vv^ound, he imme- 
 diately wrapped it up, and, quite unconcerned, followed the impe- 
 tuous Blow he had juft llruck, giving the Enemy no Time to reco- 
 3 ver 
 
The Life of General ]Auts Wolfe, ^c. 15 
 
 vcr from the Conflernation and Confufion he had thrown them 
 into. Then it was, in the Midfl of the Havock he was making, 
 thinning and mowing down their Ranks, that, a fecond Ball pal- 
 fmg through his Body, he fell at the Head of his brave Grenadiers, 
 as they were darting, like Lightning, to aflail with their Bayonets. 
 
 Oh ! Wolfe j what a melancholy Fall was this for thy Coun- 
 try, yet, glorious and honourable to thee, and flill more glorious 
 and honourable by the Circumftances that attended it ! When faint 
 and breathlefs, through the Effufion of thy Blood, thou waft, by 
 the mournful Miniftry of a few Soldiers, carried off from the Scene 
 of Adion j nay, from that Scene of Vidlory, ready to proclaim thee 
 the Conqueror of Canada, thou didft, ftill intent upon the Event, 
 raife thy drooping Head, and check the mighty Conflids of thy Soul, 
 haftening to fever herfelf from thy Body : This thou didft with new 
 Life and Motion, when the Shout of. They rim, founded in thy Ears. 
 Thou didft afk, with all the Eagernefs of ftrong Perturbation, Who 
 run .2* and receiving the joyous Anfwer, that the Enemy were routed, 
 with a complete and decifive Overthrow, thou didft reply, in ten- 
 der Emotions for thy Country's Succefs, Then, I thank God, I die 
 contented. Peace and Compofure, with thefe Words, fealcd thy 
 Eyelids, and thy Head gently reclining, willingly rcfigned thy mor- 
 tal Life. 
 
 If we fearch the Records of Hiftory for a Death like that of 
 Wolfe, fliall we find one, in all Refpeds, fo Noble ? Many have 
 fought for their Country, and died in its Defence, perhaps with 
 Sentiments of Magnanimity equal to his, and with as undaunted a 
 Refolution to fubmit to the Laws of Fatality ; but how few, under 
 his Circumftances, have graced Death with fuch attra<5tive Charms, 
 that what commonly is abhorred as an Evil, fecms pleafing, wel- 
 come, and defirable ? We praife then, we magnify fuch a Death j 
 we exult within ourfelves, that we can produce fuch an Example 
 to awake Imitation upon a like Occafion ; and we even fay, that fo 
 to die, is not to die in Effed:, is not to be extincfl and forgotten, 
 but to live in the Memory of future Ages, till that Duration comes 
 when Time Ihall be no more. 
 
 Wolfe 
 
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1 6 'Tke "Life of General James Wolfe, ^c» 
 
 Wolfe has acquired that Life of lafting Memory ; none envy it 
 him ; Hi'JIouriJbes like the Palm-tree, and J hall be exalted as the Cedar 
 of Lebanon ; every grateful Briton has already raifed a Monument 
 to him in his Brcaft ; and Marble fhall be taught, under the Hands 
 of the Artift, to pay him its Homage, by all the emblematical 11- 
 lullrations of Heroifm it is capable of exprefling : But what ftiall 
 wc farther fay, and what (hall we feel, whilft, with admiring Eyes, 
 we furvey the Apparatus of this condign Pomp, whilft the magni- 
 ficent Objeds convey to us an Idea of the Excellence they repre- 
 fent ? We (hall fay, // is Wolfe that has deferved all this : We can 
 fay no more ; we feel the reft ; we feel the bright Effigies of his 
 Glory making our Bofoms to pant, but its Beauties are not to be 
 told ; neither can we defcribe its Height and Depth ; the Imagina- 
 tion wanders in a Maze, and cannot figure out the exaft Mcafure- 
 ment. 
 
 If we place this Death of Wolfe in another Point of View, 
 looking back to the Caufe for which he died, a Caufe no other than 
 the Love of ferving his Country ; we fhall have Reafon to lament 
 that Ardour which expofed him fo much to the Perils of War, and 
 fct open againft him the greedy Jaws of Mortality before his Time ; 
 we fliall imbibe a little Tinflure of Jealoufy againft the Monuments 
 and Trophies, deftined as if too foon to perpetuate his Memory ; 
 we fhall accufe as a little too hafly the putting him in Poffeflion of 
 fuch an Accumulation of Glory. Juft Regret ! juft Jealoufy ! juft 
 Complaint ! His Country has fuffered by his Lofs j fhe now is tho- 
 roughly fenfible of it ; flie wifl:ies his Life had been protraded into 
 a full Length of Days ; and flie fighs, ^pprehenfive of not finding 
 a Man like him to fight her battles. 
 
 Hence is the Source of Tears for Wolfe's Death, which refu- 
 fes to be intirely dried up ; and hence the plaintive Voice of Grief, 
 which has been heard from all Parts of the Britijh Realms. It will 
 ftill be renewed with the deepeft Concern, whenever we approach 
 that hallowed Ground where his precious Remains are depofited, 
 or vifit the Monuments confecrated to his Memory. Thither we 
 lliall come infpired with a reverential Awe for the Place ; for the 
 
 Virtues 
 
Thz Life of General James Wolfe, Mc. i 7 
 
 •Virtues that guard its Prccinds, with Frowns and ftern Looks, bid 
 the Prophane fland aloof. The pure in Heart and Wcll-wilhers to 
 their Country will coine, and, mourning in the Silence of their 
 Hearts, will fometimes ftart with Surprife, and fpeak within them- 
 felves ; " Then Wolfe is dead ! — Surely he is gone too foon 1 — 
 Propitious Heaven lent him only for a Day! — Death found him 
 too fine a Vidlim 1 — And is he then dead ? He who was the Au- 
 thor of fo much Happinefs to us ! He who was the Son of Honour, 
 truly brave, truly noble, friendly and candid, gentle and beneficent, 
 great and glorious !" . • • . 1 . ^\m ... 
 
 - Behold, the Soldier comes! He whofe Hands Wolpe had 
 taught and fitted to Battle, and whofe Soul he had filled with Cou- 
 rage and Pcrfeverance : He mourns, his Lofs in him, the befl: of 
 Officers, becaufe with him his chief Happinefs is vanifhed. Wolfe 
 had always a Fellow-feeling for him ; his Treatment of him was 
 always humane j and he never let his Services pafs unrewarded. 
 What Affedion, what Gratitude, what Willingnefs, what Confi- 
 dence, what Ardour, muft not Manners fo conciliating in the Ge- 
 ceral, excite and cherifli in the Soldier ! >. . 
 
 And thou, lovely * Maid t will come : Thou, to ^vhom Choice, 
 guided by Reafon, pointed out Wolfe as the deferving Objedl of 
 thy Affections. The innate Worth of his manly Soul kindled ia 
 thee the tendered Sentiments. He gave and thou didfl catch the 
 Flame : Confcious Love cannot fmother its Fires j the Glow burfts 
 out, and each Heart burns alike, and each Heart coUeds its Heat 
 into the warmeft Wiflies for completing a lading Union. The 
 Decorum of Life and Virgin-Modefty poftpone the happy Day. 
 In the mean Time, his Country's Caufe calls Wolfe away. Love 
 may bid him decline its Support ; may paint with Horrors to him 
 the Afped of War ; but he, mindful of the Didates of Honour, 
 and, above all, of the Duty he owes to his Ceuntry, removes, with- 
 out Reludtance, from his Sight the Blandifhments of Love, and all 
 the alluring Sweets of domeftic Eafe and Felicity ; and, though he 
 fondly may defire to embrace and enjoy them, for the Sake of hei» 
 
 Mifs L—th—r. 
 
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 18 T6e Life of General James Wolfe, ^c. 
 
 and with her, who generoufly makes a Tender of them j yet they 
 ought not, in his Opinion, to take Place of the Plcafures that will 
 arife from the Confcioufnefs of having done well in the Service and 
 for the Love of our Country. The Way to thcfe Pleafurcs is befet 
 with Hardfliips, Difficulties, and Dangers ; to the other fmooth, 
 eafy, and fecure : Yet it fcemed not fo eligible to Wolfe, who 
 knew the inertimable Value of the pure Satisfadion of the Mind, 
 and, at the fame Time, did not fiight the Gratification of Senfe, if 
 it was in his Circumftances immediately confiftent with h!s Honour. 
 Thou alfo, illuftrious Maid, Mirrour of thy Sex ! thou couldeft not 
 delight in the Man in whofe Honour thy difcerning Eye did per- 
 ceive the leaft Stain. Thou waft as tender of Wolfe's Honour as he 
 could be himfelf : He flew with thy Approbation and good Wifties to 
 the Field of Glory, and fancied himfelf fufficiently happy, if he could 
 at his Return lay at thy Feet his Harveft of Laurels. Alas ! thou art too 
 fenfible how he was prevented ; thy Sorrows need not be renewed ; 
 for the dear Image of his Virtues is fo often prefent to thy Mind, 
 that every Time thou wouldeft gladly drop a Tear into his Urn. 
 
 Even fo, as Britons now their Wolfe, the 'Jewi formerly la- 
 mented their yudas Maccabeus. They * bewailed him, and all Ifracl 
 made great Lamentations for him, and mourned many Days, faying, 
 how is the valiant Man fallen that delivered Ifracl ! Juft was the 
 Caufe of their Lamentation ; for he fought "f* with Chearfulnefs the 
 Battle c/'Ifrael. He got his People great Honour, and put on a Breajl- 
 plate as a Giant, and girt his warlike Harnefs about him, and he made 
 Battles, proteBing the Hojl with his Sword. In his A5is he was like 
 a Lion, and like a Lions Whelp roaring for his Prey : For he purfued 
 the Wicked, and burnt up thofe that vexed his People. Wherefore the 
 Wicked fJ^runk for Fear of him, and all the Workers of Iniquity were 
 troubled, bccaufe Salvation profpered in his Hand. His Memorial is 
 blejjcd for ever. Cannot we fay, after a clofe Examination of the 
 Features of this Pourtrait, but that Wolfk exhibits a very ftriking 
 Refemblance of them ? His moral Charafter fhewed the Judas 
 Maccabeus in him ; his military Charad:er is only clouded by the 
 Number of Judas's fignal Vidories ; but his Exit was as glorious. 
 
 • » KLiccab. c. ix. vcr. 20, : j . 
 
 f Ibid. c. iii. ver. 3, 4, 5, 6. 
 
 Epaminoni:>as, 
 
T/je Life of Gefjcra/ JJA^iEs WoLvT.y ^c, 19 
 
 * Epaminondas, the great T/jfi^j^ Captain, (whom WoiFr alfo 
 refemblcs, as dying, like him, vidorious over his Enemy) being 
 aflced, which of his FrienJs he loved bc.1; ; antwcred, that they 
 muft all die before he could be pofitive in dcciJ.ing the Degree tlicy 
 held in his Elleem. The fame Thought has been adopted and im- 
 proved by others, but by all with the Intention of inculcating, that 
 none can be deemed truly good and happy before they die, Death 
 alone being the Tefl of their Actions, fo far as it points out, by a 
 jurt: Meafure, the Depravity and Reditude difcoverable in them. 
 If Britom were now aiked the Qucftion, which of their Generals 
 they love bed ; they would anfwcr, without Hefitation, Wolfe ; 
 becaufe the Condu(5l of his whole Life was invariably the llmic, 
 great and good, and Death authenticated and ratified this Greatnefs 
 and Goodnefs, by aflixing her Seal to it with an indelible Imprcf- 
 lion. Other Generals, lenowned in Iliftory for being great Maf- 
 ters in the Art of War, appear in a very contemptible Light, when 
 diverted of the external Pageantry that obfcures the Deformity of 
 their Adions in private Life : They are then the mere Man, and 
 not the Hero. The Succefs of their Enterprifes, however obtru- 
 live of the Ideas of Pomp and Grandeur on weak Minds, taupot 
 extenuate the pernicious Effedts of their Ambition, or Avarice, or 
 Luft, or Cruelties, or Oppreflion. To gratify thefe inordinate Paf- 
 fions, they waded through a Sea of Blood j they led Armies into 
 a Field of Slaughter ; they taught them the Way and Manner of 
 butchering one another J and, in the End, inftead of fighting the 
 Battles of their Country in Support of its own Independency, or 
 the Rights and Liberties of Mankind, they proved the merci'efe 
 Deflroyers of God's Creatures, and the Violators of the mofl facred 
 Laws of human Society. Death often feized upon them in the 
 Alidfl of their Havock and Outrages, and tranfmitted them, as they 
 deferved, deeply branded with the Ignominy of their enormous. 
 Guilt, to the Horror and Deteftation of Pofterity. Not fo with 
 Wolfe : Without Ambition, Avarice, or any other Vice, his Ta- 
 lents were employed in Defence of the Independence of his Coun- 
 try, with which the Rights and Liberties of Europe are intimately 
 conneded : As another Judas Maccabeusy he fought with Chcarful- 
 ncfs its Battle ; his x^eople by it got great Honour ; he burnt tip thofe 
 
 D 2 that 
 
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 20 The Life of General 'I ku%^V^o\.YY.^ ^c, 
 
 that vexed his People ; Salvation proffered in his Hand, and his Me- 
 viorial is blejfcdfor ever. ^ , , • 
 
 Great God ! juft ana terrible in thy Judgments, with what an 
 humbling Blow to Humanity haft thou ftruck us, by the Death of 
 our beloved General James Wolfe ! But, Lord, if thou doft un- 
 (heath thy Sword, it is not to deftroy, but to mend j it is not to blaft 
 our Hopes» but to make them fpring with a fuller Bloom ; it is not 
 to crufh us under the Weight of thy Vengeance, but to each us to 
 rife fuperior to all Difafters. Thou haft in James Wolfe fet an 
 Example to our Generals and Officers, that, by faithfully copying 
 after it, they may learn to relinquirti voluptuous Eafe, defpiie Dan- 
 gers and Difficulties, and, when neceflary, fall glorioully, like him, 
 for their Country. Stung and quickened by noble Emulation, be- 
 liold they make ready to rui. for the Prize in the fame Courfe of 
 Glory. It is Pitt, who, with thy divine Providence, was ap- 
 pointed the tutelary Genius of this Nation, that leads the Way with 
 Precept. Thy Wifdom has replenished him with the good Gifts 
 of deliberating maturely, judging foundly, counfelling fecurely, or- 
 daining exadly, and executing effedually. He has introduced 
 the Bleffings of Harmony and good UnderftanJing between our 
 Commanders both by Sea and Land ; they now no longer obftrudt 
 the Nation's Welffj:e by Contradiftions, Diflenlions, and Difobe- 
 dience. Oh! may the Blefling continue! And may we never 
 want ?. Pitt, under the aufpicioas Influence of his Majefty, to find for 
 us another WoLFii ; whofe Lofs, though we are fincerely afflicSed for 
 it, thy all-gracious Care, O God, has abundantly compenfated, by 
 preferving to us his Like in Amherji, Monckton, ^ownjhend, Hawke^ 
 and Saunders ! 
 
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 A MO- 
 
 
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 MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION, 
 
 LATIN and ENGLISH, 
 
 To perpetuate the Memory of General Wolfe. 
 
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 • Side Viator, > 
 
 Et hic contemplare, 
 C^icquid nobiJe excelfumque concipi poteft 
 Confentire in eloeium ' 
 
 ' JACOBI WC?LFE. 
 
 Excultus omni virtute heroica. 
 Turn verbo, turn exempio, fub tutell patris ejus 
 T.n, .^°y,\°^ WoLFK, Tribuni Militum ; ^ 
 Jam v,xadultaa.tate, indolis in obfequium pronus, 
 '• • • Mihtans vita munia amplexus eft. 
 
 ^^'l"0'"em fumma diligentia effingens 
 be, inter prsha cum hoftibus commiiTa, Siimofum 
 Inter pencula mterriturn. inter anguftia. p'ovSv 
 
 Ob prsclarum ad res bdlicas ingenium, 
 
 taventibus celeberrimis Ducibus, 
 
 Sub quibiis ftipendia fecit ; 
 
 Ad amphffimos in exercitu honorum gradus, 
 
 Continuata ferie, evedus eft. 
 
 Oimm n-C. r^^"J"' T' ''^Sor. cum difciplina 
 
 ^Z m/hul rcT ^^^'"'^^ obfei'vandam inftituic, 
 ivja.um,i laude m Cohorte, quam arte bejlicu erudiit, 
 
 Enituerunt : 
 
 Q^iuminCampisjuxtaMiNDAM, 
 buo exe.nplo quinquc aliarum ftudia accendens, 
 
 Ab ei3, GaJhcus Equ.tatus fufus, lugatulbue fait. 
 , ^ Credite, Pofteri ! ^ 
 
 . 1 otiu. Europ.^ AnnaJes rem fadlam declarant. 
 
 • . Martius 
 
J h 
 
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 >*\, 
 
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 A Monumental Infcriptlon. 
 
 Martins ejus ardor et folertia apud Rochfordam, 
 Abniiente Profedtionis militaris Praepofito, coercica ; 
 ^ Clare in lubverfione Ludovici-Burgi, 
 Oi I ^. Hmicuerunt, /i jr^O*-' 
 
 Plane ilium dixeris cum Amherstio 
 Expugnatorem Promontorii-Britannici : \ 
 Fortes .lOn invident Fortibus j 
 Generofo animi fui inftituto eum obfequi paflus eft. . "?' 
 
 Nunc dignus habitus fummo imperio prteeflc j 
 
 ■'"^ """ Q,U E B E C U M, " "^ 
 
 Urbs primaria imperii Gallici in America Septentrional!, 
 
 Defignatur tanquam optabilis "idoria, 
 
 Quam eximice illius dotes promittunt. 
 
 r. Ars cum Natura conjurarat 
 
 Caftellum incxpugnabile efficcre ; 
 
 Sed ille inter tot res arduas, et difcrimina impaviduj, 
 
 Scandit rupcs, et prscipitia j 
 
 Urbem inferiorem in cineres redigit ; 
 
 Contra fe ingentes Canada, copias educit ; 
 
 Eafque parva manu, fmilitum vix quinque millibus) 
 
 At ftrenua, vcgeta, et in pugnam alacri, 
 Profligat, fugat, magnaque cum llrage proflernit. 
 
 Viftoria, proh dolor ! 
 
 Vix ei triumphantibus kicis radiis illuxit ; '' 
 
 Jam jam eum Canad^^ Debellatorem denunciatura, 
 
 Qiium opplctus vulneribus adverfo pedore receptis 
 
 Gloriofe an-.^ acicm dimicans cecidit. 
 
 Gaudete, et lugete, Britanni ! 
 
 Gaudcte ob felicitatcm rerum veftrarum 
 
 Sub tanti Ducis aufpiciis : 
 
 Aft mortem lugete tam boni viri 
 
 Cujus mores Evangelica; puritatis c/emplar 
 
 Eum mortem oppetere ^quo animo paratoque pro patria, 
 
 ;•; ^ ■ Edocuerunt. J* 
 
 In pcrpetuam ejus Memoriam, 
 Hocce Monumentum fpeciali juflu 
 
 ', . StNATUS, Poi^ULIQUK BrITANNICI ;'.•; 
 
 Pofitum fuit 
 
 Anno reparat^-e Salutis 
 
 Milefimo, Septingentefimo, Sexagefimo, &c. 
 
 iNaius fuit, &c. 
 
 ENGLISH. 
 
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 A Monumental Infcripiion, 
 
 23 
 
 E N G L I S H. 
 
 Stop, Paflenger I 
 And here view whatever is Grand and Noble, 
 Summed up in the Charader 
 of 
 JAMES WOLFE.. 
 
 His Mind being adorned with all heroic Virtues, 
 Both by the Precept and Example of his illuftrious Father, 
 
 Colonel Edward Wolfe j 
 
 He, early in Life, as the Choice of his natural Difpofition, 
 
 Embraced the P'-ofeflion of Arms. 
 
 With indefatigable Induftry forming the Military Man, 
 
 He fhewed himfelf 
 
 Gallant in A6lion, intrepid in Danger, circumfpeft in Difficulties •, 
 
 And being ibon fingled out as a true Genius for the Art ot War, 
 
 With the Approbation and Applaufe 
 
 Of the great Officers he ferved under. 
 
 Was honoured, in a conit^i't Succeffion, 
 
 With the moft diftinguilhed Polls in the Army. 
 
 His innate Courage, his Regularity and Exadtnefs of Lifcipline, 
 
 Shone confpicuous in the Corps he had himfelf trained up. 
 
 When animating five others by its Example in the Phains of Minden', 
 
 The French Cavalry, by the Impetuofity of their Efforts, 
 
 Were broken, routed, and dil'comficed. 
 
 Poflerity I believe it : 
 The Annals of all Europe atteft the Fadt. 
 
 His martial Ardour and Capacity, 
 
 Reftrained by fuperior Command at Rochfort ; 
 
 \Vcre fignal in the Overthrow of Louisburg. 
 
 You may ftile him, with Amherst, the Conqueror of Cape-Breton : 
 
 The Brave do not envy the Brave •, 
 
 He let him a(5t according to the generous Purpole of his Soul. 
 
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 A'Mbn^m^TUal Infcription, 
 
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 Now thought worthy of a Command in Chief i 
 
 .^la E BE c,,: :\ 
 
 The Capital of the Irencb Empire in North America^ 
 
 Is made the Objeft of the important Conqueft, 
 
 ,E;cp?aed ftom his great Abilities. 
 
 . i Art had confpired with Nature 
 
 To render the Place impregnable : 
 
 But he, lAidaonted amidft fuch a Scene of Difficulties, 
 
 Climbs over Rocks and Precipices, 
 
 ' Lays the Lower Town in A(hes, • ' 
 
 DrdwS out the numerous Force of Canada againft him. 
 
 And with lefs than five thoufand Men, 
 
 But ftout, vigorous, and ardent for Battle, 
 
 Routs and defeats them with great Slaughter. 
 
 ' Victory, alas ! ■ 
 
 Had fcarce dawned upon hini with triumphant Rays of Light, 
 
 Ready to falute him, . 
 
 The Conqueror of Canada, 
 
 When he fell glorioufly. 
 
 Covered with honourable Wounds. 
 
 Britons ! rejoice and mourn : 
 Rejoice that your Arms have profpered 
 Under the Conduft of fo great a General ; 
 But mourn for the Lois 
 Of fo good a Man, 
 Whofe Morals, a Copy of Gofpel- Purity, . - 
 Taught him to die contented for his Country. 
 
 To perpietuate his Memoryi 
 This Monument was erefled by the fpecial Command 
 Of the British Senate and PiiOPtE. • 
 In the Year of our Lord, '":' ' 
 One Thoufand, Seven Hundred, and Slkf^. 
 
 
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