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SECOND LETTER 
 
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 Right Honourable Patriot. 
 
 P N T H E 
 
 Glorious Victory obtained over the 
 Brest Fleet 1759. 
 
 And an Historical Account of that at 
 LaHogue, 1692: 
 
 • The Ancient and Prefent State of the K ..tianmA 
 
 Britijh Navies: 
 
 THREE SCENES. 
 
 ^Wherein are introduced. 
 
 Two of thegreateft Namesin France: 
 The Refpedive Cafes of the Highlanders 
 
 and Irish Roman Catholics : 
 The late and prefent State of the British Colowies: 
 
 Observations ontheGrandeuroftheNation. its ext^nfiu. 
 Commerce, Banks Opulent Merchants,tc 'a^d the cST 
 
 Bv Mr. GROVE op RICHMOND 
 
 ' Our neceflary Aftions, in the Fear 
 1 o cope malicious Cenfurers— _ Shakes 
 
 . LONDON: 
 
 PniitcdibrJ.BuRD, at the Temple-Exchange, Fleet-Street, 
 
 MDCC LXr 
 Where may be had .the First Letter 
 on the Glorious Succefs at Quebec 
 
 ft?le"Se'o/l^^^ Particulars relat. 
 
 g to tne iiattle ofFBELLE-IsLE, never before publiflied. 
 
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 SECOND LETTER. 
 
 TH E extraordinary defeats and great dif* 
 pointments the GillUcans have met with 
 from the Britons in all quarters of the 
 globe, during the courfe of the ever memorable 
 year 1759, have reftoud the ancient luftre of 
 THE British arms, and been as gldrious to his 
 Majejiy*s reign as it has been difgraceful and tar- 
 niihing to thofe of the French and their king. 
 
 Such mortifying and grate ing ftrokes ot the re^ 
 verfe of fortune han put that ambitious crown up- 
 on forming feveral projefts, in order to be reveng- 
 ed on the Briti/h nation^ and as the chief part of 
 /jer veterant troops were thought by them to be 
 employed in Germany, the Indies and elfewhercj 
 France blazed abroad, that fhe was determined to 
 Invade us with two armies, and land them at one 
 and the fame time, and by that jueans carry fire 
 end [word into the hearts of Great Britain and Ire- 
 land. In a word, it was Taid they intended to lay 
 all walle, and make defarts of thefe kingdoms, as 
 they palled cr^ in the fame manner as thy had pro^ 
 je6ted, to have dealt with his Majejiy*s Hanoverian 
 dominions, h^d they not received a moft glorious 
 
 B foil 
 
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 f()il (by which the BritiJJj infantry guiiietl immor- 
 tal honour) on the plains of Minden *. 
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 *The confederacy which the French entcred'into 
 with the Kiinnre, the Auftrians, Rufl'ians, Swedes, 
 and others againft his Majefty, ^s p:iector of Ha- 
 nover, the King of Fraflia, nnd the Landgrave of 
 Hefre, was ^ht moft llan^/croils that ever waS 
 formed to deftroy the rights oi mankind, lave that 
 atCambrayin the year 1509, againft the Vene- 
 tians. ■ . . n • L 
 
 ,i .Qne of our pihlic fpirited ^^rtters ftates m jare 
 the caufe of that confederacy, and at the Wme^ 
 time gives us a mafterly charatler of the Kmg oi 
 Truffia, all which follows. 
 
 '■' The checks which the PruOian arms have 
 \mh rece^ived^ certainly deforve the attention of 
 Britain. Hh I^mffian Majefty's alliance with us 
 t^AS fpontaneous. He firfl; enquired the grounds 
 qf our quarrel with France, and upon enquiry, 
 hciAg entire!'/ fatisfted of the jnftice of our caule, 
 embraced our friendfhip. He ibv himfelf in dan- 
 ger from an alliance which was founded folely 
 % ambition, and he knew that the confederacy 
 formed againft him, had views of attacking Ha- 
 nover, from the fame unjuft and violent fpirit, in 
 order to make all bend before the confederates, and 
 he judged rightly, that BriMin would not tamely 
 fee" the eleftorate opprefled by the arms of a vin- 
 didive monarch, who had indeed avowed he had 
 no motive to att;ack that country, but its belong- 
 ing to the King of Great Brii ain. Thus it appears, 
 .tliat repelling the injuftice i^n tended by common 
 fcocmies, wa^. the bafis of tliis alliance. Could 
 
 there be a more noble conn^'ai^n ? 
 
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 Thcfe graiul prpjcifts fcemccl for ibme time to 
 be what the French had acTtually in view, and fh"^ 
 more to convince all Europe, that this was really 
 there intention, a great: many of their fhip-carpen- 
 ters were for leveral months clofely employed in 
 building a furprizing number of flat-bottomed 
 boats in their ports, to be made ufe of as tranf- 
 ports, and it was given out in September laft, that 
 they were ready to put to fea ; and to make it ap- 
 pear the more probable, a confiderablc number 
 
 of 
 
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 " In the progrefs of the war, we have had in- 
 numerable fpecimens of this great monarch's vi- 
 gour and vigilance. OpprefTed by numbers, de- 
 ferted by thofe whofe caufe he fupported, attacked 
 on every fide, he was not difcouraged, much lefs 
 deftroyed. His prudence fuggefted to him^ fucli 
 • difpofitions of his forces, that, with all their fup<;- 
 riority, the eaemit;s found themfclves every 
 where oppolcd, and where danger prefied mdft, 
 tliither rclbrted the King in perfon. The fliame 
 of being not refilled only, but vanquifhed in fo 
 unequal a diipute, kepn the allies united. Re- 
 fentment held together thofe whom ambition ori- 
 ginally connected. The perieverance of our hero 
 was equal to his refolution •, their new fchemes 
 were broken, and .that they might not reproach 
 each other, he beat in pitched battles every one of 
 the allies. Every pofl brought us nev/s of his im- 
 pending dellrudion by Aullrians, French, or Rul- 
 lians ; every fucceeding poit acquainted us with 
 his triumphs over thefe vain-glorious invaders, till 
 iame feemed to grow hoarie with founding the 
 praifes of Frederick the Great. Such is tlie ally 
 that Britain adopted, of iuch an ally. Can Britaia 
 -ever be afhamed .?" 
 
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 of their belt troops marched to thofe different 
 ports, to be ready to embark upon the firft 
 
 'notice. 
 
 Whilft the French were thus boafling and act- 
 ing, the writer of tlie BrulTcls Gazette (thinking 
 to riiie a general coniternation in Great Britain and 
 Trehnd) publiPned ieveral magnifying accounts of 
 the grand preparations the French were every 
 where makings to invade thefe kingdoms i nor 
 did he omit declaring, that the large fleets fitted 
 out at Brcll and otl.er ports of France, were de- 
 ligncd to convey the tranTpotcn with the troops to 
 the places where tlicy W'-rvr to land •, and w hal in- 
 fmuatacl, that the P-relt fleet was at kft become 
 refolutely bent to fai',. and m the firll inllant, to 
 fea'-ch out and. chaflife thcEngliih for their daring 
 prefumption,in liaving hovered fomany months au 
 the mouth of tht^ir harbours, which prevented 
 their fieets failing to join each other during the 
 fummer. But it is to be cbferz^cd, kornets arc mif- 
 £hievous nvhen ilny fy droad, mid ccnj'^yacntly art 
 
 hf in their v.cffs. ■ ■■ . , j 
 
 As ibon as our rno(l: gracious Sovereign had 
 Ttxeived uiidoubted intelligence of the cieiign of 
 the French, proper ileps were in^ mediately takea 
 without noife or bludcr, to def(at the ichemes of 
 our inveterate enemie.% which, however, did not 
 divert his Majejly from purluing tlie meafures 
 that had been befo c concerted between him and 
 jiis allies, forlhcr^codofthe^ooimoncaufe. 
 
 The lords- of the adnuralty, to their honour .be 
 it iaid, have iicen ^XTy vig'.Unt in diichargmg 
 their dutv, and, v^hat is renurkable, they have 
 nr)t forgot, alter ttie cxrimpie of their royal, grate- 
 j'u:^ and iencjoknt mcjler, to reward merit (where 
 the .parties hive been fiiendlefs) whenever it had 
 i^ppeared, whith is a ibong evidence of their he* 
 ■i-i<- hair' f/rJ zo^jc mii:jle'S i in X^C\ we may now, 
 "■^ without 
 
had 
 
 and 
 
 * vs 
 
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 without vanity, boafr, thai zuc'havf the hi'fl rnhni^ 
 rah, the heft officers, and the hefi feamen in the •uuorU'*. 
 
 The ancient and pre fent flat e <?/* //'^ Venetian and 
 Engliili Na^jies. 
 
 * In the 14th century, the Venetians made a 
 much more confiderablc figure at fea than the 
 t-nghni, or any other ftate, and was at the time 
 the league at Cambray was figned in 1509 juftly, 
 eltcemed the greatefc maritime power in Europe. ' 
 This league will be memorable as long a-, time 
 lalts. If is no extraordinar>- thing to fte leveral 
 Itates combine againft one that is more powerful 
 tlian any, or all of them, either to fet bounds to 
 her greatnefs, or to bring down her exorbitant 
 power,, but it very rarely happens, that feveral 
 tovercigns Ibould confederate together, with dc- 
 ftgn to deftroy it, which was the purport of this 
 famous league concluded between the empero- 
 the pope, and the kings of France and . 
 when the Venetians thoug-ht themlelves • 
 from any danger; but what followed oui 
 teach allftates and kingdoms, not to be abfb. 
 ly iccure, but to fear even where the greatefc hu 
 man prudence tells them no change can happen 
 riiat illuftrious and renowned repuhlic had ne- 
 ver been in fo flourifhing a condition as at the time 
 ot forming that league ; the fleets that the repub- 
 lic then mamtamed v/as ftrong, and well fupported, 
 L'ndmade, as it were, one continent, of the fi-ve- 
 ral parts of her dcminionj. The arfenal from 
 whence they were fitted out, might juftly have 
 been reckoned among the wonders of the 'iz'orld 
 
 1 he carpenters, in building of thofe ihips, had 
 a peculiar art tiiat other nations were ignorant of; 
 
 (which 
 
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 One itfti, iimong in;\ny others, tl-.dt their loitl- 
 fliiiii took to balUc, and render abortive the French 
 
 . .A w .. H\. • . . fchemes, 
 
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 c9»o«9ee»«co<»o'!*w>«MM<!i»««i"*»'> '«•••••""•"'' 
 
 a^ooadooooaowotae-iaowsoeoMo* 
 
 .S/rf/fc' of the Venetian and English Navies. 
 
 [yt:hi(;b Heaven l/epraifed our oim has now'] infomuch, 
 that every thing belonging to navigation was made 
 and per/orniea there in greater perfcdion than 
 any where cU'e; \\\6x feamen were the molt expe- 
 rienced in Cliriftendom [as the Britijk are now moft 
 Mh accounted-] and thole dates who formerly^ dil- 
 put'ed the empire of the 'a with the Venetians, 
 were fallen into decay [and fo have thofe who di- 
 sputed that point with Britain^ nor did the 1 urks 
 then \indcrlb\nd any tiling of lea-fights. 
 
 To iuch a pitch was the flouriftiing and exten- 
 iviii trade of Venice arrived at that tniie [as the 
 Britijh is at this tim^] that they were commended 
 and envied by moft of the other nations ^ ot Eu- 
 rope \fo are the Englilh at this day] and nnmenfe 
 lurn/wcre continually running into their treafury, 
 ariAngfrom the duties laid on their merchandize, 
 \md 10 decs md niuid fifms into that part of tioc 
 BrM treajl^h, zvhich is very jtiflly and nghtly ap 
 yrJriaicd. for .ihe better fupport of the honour and 
 di^nitv cf the o-oicn, under the titk of the civil hfU 
 \i^ k "thct means, it the better enahUs the ki^ig, 
 \u.t (f his pri:vy purfc, to reward fuch faithfid fer- 
 ImI askavidcfcrvcd wcU of lis jacred majcfly and 
 
 ^'^^Sfe Urge revenues enabled the government 
 of Venice to give Uidr fokacr^ greater pay than 
 any other /)n;/c^i -.mil fiates lo'M do [as Great Bri- 
 t^n cuK. at this ilmc\ and dmt made.. the beft c^i- 
 
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 fclicmes, was that of fending out Commoaore 
 lAiH, with clircaions to endeavour to dt'^.roy th^ 
 
 flat- 
 
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 State of the Venetian and Enolish Navies, 
 mandcrs and foldiers to court the fervice of St. 
 Mark It being the higheft ambition .,f the Italiak 
 generals to command the l^enetian forces 
 
 Nor was the public rich by impoveriniing the 
 .ubjed [^>':tch is noc, the cafe in Britain] %^ 
 plnte, which was very rare in Europe before tht 
 difc.ery of the Weft-Indies, was fo commoft 
 amon^jr the Venetians, thar uieir enemies made ic 
 t^^ fubjefl of their inveftives. The two lalt a^es 
 have not produced mora fumptuous and nobk'palaces 
 than^ the Venetians had at that time, fo that we 
 mig t truly fay of the republic, wliat the poet has 
 laiU on another occafion, 
 
 This thy gay morn •, hut e're the dav decline. 
 Clouds gather, and adverfity was thine. ' - " 
 
 All the misfortunes that ufually happen to thofe 
 ftates which fortune feemed to have abandoned, 
 M\ heavy on the republic, whether by chance or by 
 treucnery, is uncertain, but their nrjenal was kt 
 on fire ana a gfeat part of it burnt down; and 
 tholc^ who uled to take arms for their defence, lift- 
 ed themfclves m the fervice of their ehemies 
 
 /.f !!"' """"f .-''^"' ^'''?^ ''^'>' ''''' ^^^^ ^^^'s that 
 pi being defeated in the ever memorable battle of- 
 
 imnded the army in-perfon, and ibon after they loft 
 ,a I their dominior to the nn'gic city of Venice, and in 
 tr Jth, rhey have not to r!ii. da)' periccth' recovered 
 
 thole 
 
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 nat^bottomed boats, that lay at Quiberoiiv whict^ 
 fervice, tho' the commodore eould not accomplim 
 
 owing 
 
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 lOOOoooooooooooocoooooooeooocawcoeomJoooWKJtocooooocooooooooooo 
 
 State of the Vlnetian and English Navies. 
 
 thofe fevere ftrokes of adverfity, feeing their do- 
 minions are not fo large as before they loft ti(^ 
 battle, by feveral provinces •, and it is rcmarkabR, 
 that they have not latterly made fo confiderablc a 
 fimir'- among the Chriftian maratime powers, as 
 thev did in tlie 14th, and the beginning ot the 
 15th century •, but when the 1 urks became confi- 
 derableat fea, they always maintained their an- 
 cient reputation in the dififerent engagements they 
 had with thtm and other infidels upon the ocean. 
 
 England being a pcnlnfula, almoft furrounded by 
 . the fea, there was a neceflity of having niaritime 
 forces, as her neighbours grew potent. Die was 
 oblio-cd to encreafe thofe forces, in order to repel 
 anylidden attempt of an enemy, or otherwiie 
 quit her ancient claim to th^fovereigntyof the ISar- 
 7o^j> Seas, and by that means fuffer her merehants 
 U he ak'M, and'thcir tralBc to be interrupted. 
 
 In ti-Pth, thof' zvho cmnumd the fea, coimands tjje 
 trrdc of the ivorld', he that commands th trade com- 
 mands the '■Ji-eaiih of the -iiorid, and confe^aently the 
 
 ivorld itfelf t ^ V r r.^ 
 
 IMcrics mention a great fleet of Julius yjar, 
 
 and of King Edgar, confiiling of /^r.. / '^^^^^^^^^^ 
 Jx hundred fail, a tiect of Lezvis, fon to Pkltp hng 
 of France, oY fix hundred fail, that arrived at Sand- 
 wich, to aflift tlie Englidi harons i^gamft King 
 Tohn; but thefe, coubdci:;, were but a$ lO many 
 cotto^es to iaflUs, I: rcfpcd to oi.r prcicnt manttm 
 fofcei. 
 
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 owing to their being well fccured from any at- 
 tempt that could be nude from the fea •, yet he 
 
 executed 
 
 Siaie of the Venetian and English Navies. 
 
 As to our nation^ her chief attention for fome 
 ages was principally to that of preferring what Ihe 
 infilled upon as her right, the {overeignty of the, 
 Britifhy^^.^, which extends round the whole iflandjt^y 
 [i. e. England and Scotland] which is now very, 
 juftly filled Great Britain. 
 
 About the reign of Edward the IVth, a book, 
 was publiflied, in the introdudion to which, the 
 author fhewed both the utility, and the necefTity 
 England was under to preferve the fovereignty of 
 tliofe feas. In this piece, he explains the device 
 on our gold coin^ called nobles^ thus^ 
 
 Four things our nobles Jheweth unto me^ 
 Kingjjhipy and/word^ and power ofthefea. 
 
 Mr. Campbell [in his Naval Hiftory] when he 
 enters upon the reign of Henry VII, fays, We are 
 now coming into brighter times., wherein that fpirit of 
 commerce^ which this author fo earnefily wifhed for, 
 began really to appear ; and when there feemed to be 
 n conteft bct-iveen private men and thofe in the adminl- 
 ftration, who JJjould ferve the public inoft. 
 
 He ad [nits the Venetians were before that time by 
 far the moft general traders in Europe, and had their 
 factors in moft of the northern kingdoms and ft at es', 
 for the better managing their affairs in England, 
 many of them were fettled, particularly at Lo/i- 
 don and Briflol ; and in the lafl place dwelt John 
 Cabot, citizen of Venice, who, havmg heard 
 
 C much 
 
executed his 
 and diligence, 
 
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 other orders with (o 
 
 much adlivitV 
 that he blocked them up fo effec- 
 tually 
 
 Sf<!!e cf the Venetian and English Navies, 
 
 much of Columbus's expedition, applied himleli- 
 to king Heniy VII, and propofed to fail in pur- 
 fuit of new difcoveries, in cafe he met with (hie 
 encouragemenl : upon this, the king granted 
 him and his tlirec fons a commijjion to difcover 
 unknown lands, and to conquer and fettle them -, 
 in which commiffion he allowed the adven- 
 Hirers many privileges, but with this fmgle re- 
 ftraint, "that the jhip they fitted cut Jhculd be oblig- 
 ed to return to Briftol. What Cabot propofed was 
 to find out a north-weft palTage to the Indies. Co- 
 lumbus took the hint from the Portuguefe, as to 
 the wav they proceeded in making their firft dif- 
 coveries, fo that by failing eaft he came to the 
 weft-coaft of the Indies. 
 
 Cabot happily took another courfe, that was, 
 by fteering north-weft : he had the good fortune 
 on the 24th of June, 1497, to difcover land; 
 this he called ;)nw^i;//?^, that is, firft fee n •, in a 
 word, his difcoveries was of fo great confequence,, 
 that when he came back, thj king conferred on 
 him the honour of knighthood •, and what is very 
 remarkable, it v/as faid he was the firft that dif- 
 covered the continent of America. 
 
 The great difcoveries that Cal ot made in this 
 voyage, fpurred Columbus on to proceed with 
 more expedition in what he- had in view than he 
 firft intended, for fear the other fliould get the 
 
 frarf of him. 
 
 In 
 
[ 
 
 ] 
 
 Tuaily there, that th( 
 
 luring out, and falli 
 
 ■/ere deterred from 
 !i'>, to any other port 
 
 ven- 
 
 Whilit 
 
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 In 
 
 State of the Veneti \n and English 'N^ivies. 
 
 In four years after Cabot's firft voyage, 1502, 
 H :^nr>^ granted his letters patent to Hugh Elliot, 
 and Thomas Afhurit, merv:hants of Briftol, for 
 fettling colonies in the new dijcovered countries^ and 
 afl3.Ja'juny attended to xht promoting commerce. 
 
 Experience demonllratcs, that there are certain 
 fcafons remarkably favourable to particular arts, 
 the fourteenth century was certainly fo, as to the 
 7to^ difcoveries which made the Portuguefe in pro- 
 ccfs of time more rich and powerful than their 
 neighbours. This naturally raifed an emulation 
 amongd great men, inlbmuch, that the thoughts 
 or all the wits in Europe were turned to undertak- 
 ingn of the above kind, which has been of great 
 ufe to poderity, and by that means, and our con- 
 queils in the prefent war, we have now a grand 
 empire in that part of the Indies, ftiled North 
 America. 
 
 No fooner did that magnificent prince 
 Heniiy VHI. mount the throne in 1509, but 
 building large fliips was brought into ufe; one 
 in particular was of fo large and beautiful aftruc- 
 ture, (being 1000 tuns,) that it was ftiled Henry 
 Grace de dien, or the Great Henry, and was at that- 
 time, the admi-ation of the people. Certain 
 it is, that man of war was of the greateft burthen, 
 and the largeft vefTel that had ever been before 
 launched in England [there nczo is a print of this 
 flumircd fjip to he fen in the London /I'fa^n'^Jnel in 
 
 ^ ^ truth. 
 
[ i6 ] 
 
 Whilft Dnff clofely attended to his duty, the 
 renowned Hawke kept a watchful eye after the 
 
 motions 
 
 Stale of the Y Eli ET I AN ^«^ English Naz^ies. 
 
 tiuth, both trade and navigation was encouraged 
 in the beginning of this reign. 
 
 Edward the Vlth fucceeded his father on the 
 20th of February, 1546. In his reign there was 
 an engagement between the EngHOi and French, 
 upon this occafion, the latter had attacked Jerfcy 
 and Guernfey. Commodore Winter was lent to 
 fea with a fmall force (for in fad we had no great 
 force at that time) in order to fuccour thofe iflands; 
 which, though he was greatly inferior to the 
 French in number of (hips, yet he engaged them, 
 and defeated their fleet. This fo nettled that 
 court, that they forbad the mentioning of it, 
 upon pain of death. Injhort, through this bold 
 enterprizc. Winter preferved both tlioie ill.mds. 
 
 Queen Mary fucceeded Edv/ard VI. During 
 her Ihort reign, there was little or no improve- 
 ment in our trade or navigation, and it may truely 
 be faid, it ^ndiiiX inglorious, for in her time v/e 
 loft Calais. 
 
 CKEMZAnETH next mounted the t!u-one-, there 
 nci-LT perhaps it\is a kingdom in a more difireljed con- 
 dition than England on the accejjion of this^^ueen, but 
 it foon made'a very different: figure-, her Majcfly 
 encouraged trade botli at home and abroad, antl 
 in her reign our colonies ^ndplantatiGns were great- 
 ly promoted, and of courfe became beneficial to 
 iitvisation. One of our nev/ plantations was 
 
 '■ib 
 
 It i le d V I R G i N 1 A , ( nczv famous for toh acco ) ou t of 
 rdpcd to tl;e virgin ^cen. 1 lie Spaniards in jier 
 
 time 
 
[ '7 ] 
 inotions of the fo much boalted Br cji fleet, which 
 had been ofcen reported to be failed Ion"- before 
 
 it 
 
 State of the Venetian and English Navies. 
 
 time projeded tlie corKiucft of England, and for 
 that end, fitted out a grand fleet, ^and named it 
 tlie SpaniJJj Annada. The famous Sir Francis 
 Drake commanded the Englifli fleet, who met the 
 Spaniards, and in an engagement totally defeated 
 them, and by that means put an end to the intend- 
 ed invafion. 
 
 This Princefs purfued the blow, and carried 
 on the war againft Spain with fo much conducl: 
 and fuccefs, both in Europe and America, that 
 the Englilh became every where a terror to the 
 Spaniards ; and the very name of our chief com- 
 manders, fuch as Drake, Rawleigh, Cavendifh, ?nd 
 many others, ftruck an awe upon them, as do 
 thole of Anfon, Bofcawen, Hawke, Holmes, Saun- 
 ders, Durel, Olborn, Broderick, Rodney, Hardy, 
 Coates, Howe, Havvey, Keppel, Lochart, Duff; 
 Gilchnit, Andrews, and many others, ftrike the like 
 awe upon the French, whenever thofe gallant lea 
 commanders names are mentioned. 
 
 Still it is to be obferved, that before the above 
 happy deliverance from the Spaniards, in the 24th 
 of this i^ieeyi, upon a general mufter, there were 
 iound at that time but XIII »j of war, and but 
 one hundred and 'iiw^ fhips of confiderable bur- 
 then belonging to the fubjeds in general ; a linall 
 number maeed! In 1600, her Majefty had then^ 
 but tJm'ty-fix fljips of war, md thirteen or fourteen 
 pmices. The biggeft fiiip was then 1000 tons, 
 earned 340 feumen, sofolJurs, and mounted 30 
 
 
ri8 ] 
 
 It cUirft to venture, though it was confidently af- 
 firmed the Litter end of Oclober lail, every thing 
 
 was 
 
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 SirJe of tbe Venetian ahd English Navies. 
 
 guns, the IcfTcv /hips cf'ivar were of loo tons, car- 
 ried 40 or c^ofeamen^ and 7 or ^foldiers. The pi- 
 naces of 30 tons, carried 18 or 10 fc amen, and 2 
 or 4 guns"^ So ihiall was the royal fleet in thole 
 days. But then our neighbouring nations were 
 wcL-.k at lea, and generally engaged in wars upon 
 the continent. 
 
 It was in this Queen's reign that Sir Francis 
 Drake failed round the world in three years, want- 
 ing twelve days, [and in his prefent Majefty King 
 George the IPs reign, the right honourable the 
 Lord'V.nron performed a very memorable voyage, 
 t!te particulars of which were fo great and extra- 
 ordinary, that it has furnifhed materials for a vo- 
 lume, publiilied fome time paft]. Cavendilli and 
 Forbiihier, tv/o others of ©ur great feamen, per- 
 formetl very remrrkahle voyages, and made fome 
 material difcoveries, which have proved of great 
 fervice to their country. 
 
 James I, when he came to the crown, found 
 the nation very intent upon cncreafing her fliip- 
 ping, and coniccjuently her trade and navigation. 
 In the 8 th year of King James, the Londoners 
 built a ihip of 1200 tons, and called it the 
 r-radc's Bjicreafe, which, being loft in the Eaft- 
 Indies, his Maiefty cauled to be built another 
 fliip of 1400 tons, 'and gave it to Prince Henry, 
 and v/as by him nameri the Prince. 
 
 In Hiort, during this reign, our plantations 
 abroad v/ere greatly iir.provtd, and other new 
 
 colonies 
 
itly af- 
 
 I thing 
 
 was 
 
 t 19 ] 
 
 was ready, both for the embarkation and the 
 fleet's faihng, and only waited the laft orders for 
 that piirpole. j 
 
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 ivies. 
 
 IS, car- 
 
 The pi- 
 , and 2 
 n thole 
 IS were 
 •s upon 
 
 Francis 
 3, want- 
 ty King 
 able the 
 voyage, 
 d extra- 
 br a vo- 
 dilli and 
 len, per- 
 ,de ibme 
 of great 
 
 , found 
 ler fliip- 
 ngation. 
 >ndoners 
 \ it tiic 
 the Eail- 
 another 
 : Henry, 
 
 antations 
 
 her new 
 
 colonies 
 
 Stale of the Venetian ^;/i English Navies. 
 
 colonies planted, fo that the people found from 
 experience the benefit that occurred to the kine- 
 uom through thofe purfuits. 
 
 King Charles I. athis accefllon to the throne, 
 tound both the royal navy, and the trade of his 
 peopu upon a very refpectable footing; and fo 
 flourifhing was ^/, M^y^^^^^ ^^28, that the 
 
 celebrated Waller addrcfled the following beau< 
 tiful hnes to the King. ^ 
 
 Where'er thy navy fpreads her canvas win^s . 
 Homage to thee, and peace to all Ihe brings •' 
 1 ..e French and Spaniards, when thy flags appear. 
 Forget their hatred, and confent to fear 
 
 ^S^in, 
 Sjtps, heretofore, in feas, like fiflies fpcd, 
 Tiic mightiefl: flill upon the fmalleft fed. 
 ^^<?«, on the deep, impofeft nobler laws, 
 And by that>y//V^ hall remov'd the caufe 
 Of thofe rude tempefts ; which for rapine fent 
 1 00 ott, alas, involved the innocent. 
 Now Ihall the ocean, as thy Thames, be free 
 ^rom both thofe fates, of//.m. and;>/r^ry: ' 
 But we, moft happy, who can fearno force. 
 But winged troops, or Pegafean horfe. 
 1 IS not fo hard for greedy /;<fj to fpoil 
 Another nation, as to touch our>7. 
 Shou'd Nature's felf invade the w/iao-ain. 
 
 l\\^ centre fprcad the liquid n^ain \ 
 
 Thy 
 
[ 20 ] 
 
 In the mean time, the French king and his 
 court uled every means in their power to raife the 
 
 necef" 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 State of tbe Venetian and English Navies. 
 
 ^hjpw'rs were fafe, and her deltrudive hand 
 Wou'd but enlarge the hounds of thy command. 
 Thy dreadful/^?/ would ftile thee Lordof alU 
 And ride in triumph o'er the drowned hall. 
 Thofe tovfrs of oak^ o'er fertile plains might go^ 
 Aid vifit mountains where they once did grow. 
 
 During Oliver's proteaordiip, our fleets were 
 very formidable to the different powers of Eu- 
 rope •, in his time Jamaica was conquered., and the 
 famous Blake was admiral, who took care that all 
 nations Hiould pay homage to the Enghlh flag 
 where-ever it appeared. 
 
 King Charles lid, upon his reftoration, 
 found the royal navy, and the trade, and navigation 
 of his fuhje^s, well fecund, and in aflourifJjing condi- 
 tion. This caufed the harmonious Denham to cele- 
 brate the River Thames in the following lines. 
 
 Thames, the m.oft lov'd of all the ocean's fons. 
 By his old fire, to his embraces runs •, 
 Rafting to pay his tribute to the fea, 
 Like mortal life to meet eternity. 
 
 Again, 
 Find.-- wealch where 'tis, l^eftows it where it wants. 
 Cities in d farts, woods, in cities -plants : 
 So that to us nothing, noplace isftrange, , 
 
 While \mfair hofom is the world's exchange. 
 O could I flow like thee, and make thy ftr earn, 
 My great example, as^ it is my theme I 
 Tho^ deep, yet clear, tho' gentle, yet not dull v 
 Strcn^, without rage, without o'erftowing, full. 
 
 King 
 
md his 
 
 aife the* 
 
 neceP 
 
 t it ] 
 
 heteiTary funds, in order to carry on with fpirit and 
 refolutiori their projeded expeditions j and the 
 
 letters 
 
 ivtes. 
 
 nd, 
 ill. 
 
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 aoaoa ooxooujiMBafMniinnnn ««».>««.««.. .^—...^ ^iniiiiinii Hill— 
 
 0, 
 
 ts were 
 of Eu- 
 
 and the 
 that all 
 
 ifli fiag 
 
 oration, 
 
 wigation 
 Yig condi" 
 to cele- 
 ; lines. 
 
 it "jjants^ 
 
 'H 
 
 earn, 
 
 dull 
 
 fulL 
 
 King 
 
 Siate of the Venetiau and Erf GLisK Navies, 
 King James IPs reign was Ihort ; neither he 
 nor his royal brother took that care of the navy 
 as might have been reafonablv expedcd from 
 them. 
 
 When King William and Queen Mary came 
 to the crown, our trade (notwithftandino- the 
 troublefome wars thfy were immediately cnffated 
 in) iurprizingly encrcafed. We had then, and now 
 have a great trade to Turkey, Italy, Spain, Por- 
 tugal, the Baltick, the eaft and weft Indies i in 
 taet, OLir;^ trade would have been looked upon 
 as conljderable, if the Dutch had not had a much 
 greater However, the red-herrings at Yarmouth, 
 the pilchards in the weft, and the cod-fifti trade 
 in Newfoundland, and New-England, were at 
 that time, and are now, valuable articles. Mr. 
 i^nor celebrates thcfe ufeful bleffings thus. 
 
 Let Britain's fhips export an annual fleece, 
 gicher than Argos brought to ancient Greece : 
 Returning k>aden with xhQjhiningftores, 
 Which lye pi ofufe on either India's Jhom. 
 As our high veflels pafs their watry way. 
 Let all the naval world due homage pay ' 
 mthhafty reverence their top-honours lower, 
 
 Confeffing the afferted power. 
 Tq whom by fate »twas given with happy fway. 
 To calm the earth, and vindicate the fca 
 Our prayers are heard, our mafier's fleets Ml 70. 
 jis/ajp as winds can bear, cr waters flew. " ' 
 
 ^ New 
 
[ 22 ] 
 
 k-tters from Paris confidently alTerted, that th« 
 y^enerab^ wl\o had been named for fome time» to 
 heacl their armies, were upon the point of fetting 
 
 out, 
 
 ••••;N«oaMcw«ecoM.«*baoeeoooceMooeeocc«co«oTCeflM«aoooQoaMco«eoooooMscoooe«MOCMOWaciuac9ja 
 
 State of the ViiNETiAN and English Navies,, 
 
 ■ New lands to make, new Indies to explore. 
 
 In worlds unknown to plant Britannia's powei\ 
 
 Nations yet wild, by precept to reclaim, 
 
 ArKl teach 'em arms, and arts in William's reign. 
 
 Queen Ann, at her coming to the crown, found 
 the nation juft entering into a new war with 
 France. We had in 1 704 the following veflcls 
 
 of war. 
 
 Firft rate VII. Second rate XIV. Third rate 
 XLIII. Fourth rate LVIII. Fifth rate XXIII. 
 Fire-lhips XI. Yachts XIII. Befides Bomb- 
 veflels and Cutters. 1 he line of battle Ihips, in 
 all, CXX. So that if this lift is compared with 
 that in 1 600, there will then appear a moft afto- 
 nifliing encreafe of our men of war, and that in 
 little more than a century. Now, to follow this 
 obfervation ftill further, we fhall fee in little more 
 than half that time, yet a more aftonilhing cn-«^ 
 creafe of the royal navy. The laft year, 1759, 
 
 we had, 
 
 Firft ra-te IV. Second rate XIII. Third rate 
 LXXIV. Fourth rate LI V. Fifth rate LXV P. 
 skih rate L. Sloops XLVIII. Armed hired 
 Ihips XX. Yachts VII. Bombs XVII. Fiie- 
 ihips IX. Belldes, there are new Jhips of war now 
 upon the /tocks. ' > • •- 
 
 * . ■ ■.•■'•"' In 
 
IT thff 
 
 nCj to 
 
 letting 
 
 out. 
 
 . [ 23 ] 
 
 our, to take upon them their refpeftive com- 
 mands ; and this was in the middle of Odober 
 laft:. The 
 
 9«McU0C9ja 
 
 vtes. 
 
 reign. 
 
 Tannd 
 r with 
 veflcls 
 
 rd rate 
 
 <:xiii; 
 
 Bomb- 
 ips, in 
 d with 
 ft afto- 
 that in 
 iw this 
 e more 
 ng cn-^^ 
 
 1 759» 
 
 rd rate 
 LXVb 
 i hire(J 
 Firc- 
 arnovf 
 
 u 
 
 SuiU of the Veseti AN ^nd Es-glish Naviet?_ 
 
 In commifllon in 1759, line of battle Jhips - 129 
 Frigates and Cutters in commiffion - - 202 \. 
 Out of commifTion line of battle fhips, &c. 43 ^ 
 
 In all 
 
 374' 
 
 . In a word. Great Britain and Ireland arejuftly; 
 efteemed the principal countries for trade and com-' 
 merce in F.urope : indeed, they are the Left fitu-' 
 ated for that purpofe, becaufe they have Rich fine- 
 ports and fafe harbours. Great Britain in particu- 
 lar is at this time provided with fuch large quan- 
 tities of navalitores, and conveniencies for build- 
 ing and repairing fhips of all forts, that Ihe is not 
 to be equalled by any nation in Europe. 
 
 We trade to moft parts oi^Vt^globe^ and have cafk- 
 and ftock enough to carry on all the commercial bu- 
 finefs in the world, (i. e. by having fuch a grand hank 
 and rich bankers^ and llores of mercantile goods^> 
 yUnd fuch a prodigious number of fhips ready to 
 put to lea at all times.) We have, befides rich 
 companies of merchants, many private one who 
 are vaftly rich, and have a deep knowledge in the 
 myfteries of trade and commerce; and what is ftill 
 very remarkable, many of thofe merchants have had 
 fuch a noble and liberal education, both at home and 
 abroad, that they not onjy underftand and fpeak the 
 languages, but the interefts of kingdoms, and [as it 
 has been faid] are well qualified to manage the af- 
 fairs of the ftate, and confequently able^^to fpeak 
 
 D 2 iji 
 
[ U ] 
 The French being in this fituation, 1 hav« 
 found three other Icencs in the Dramatic piect, 
 
 which 
 
 Liu*mn- »inli mu iM«» M «il»i m i n ii n iii mn iiii rrir iiiiiiiiimininiipiiiiMn i M iiiiiiiiin inniii i rmm 
 
 SMti of ihe Veyiitias and Enclish Navies. 
 
 i?i. the moft inuftrious aflemblies, whenever the 
 fyfety and welfare of their king and country require 
 $beir attendance. 
 
 •rrMr. Campbell, fpeaking of the great difcovc* 
 ties made by Columbus, for the benefit of the 
 Spaniards, fums it up thus. ^* We have," fays 
 |:^s judicious author, *' no reafon, either to 
 *^ blame King Henry VIPs condud, or to rc* 
 *• pine at th^it of Providence. The Spaniards 
 *t have purchafed Mexico and Peru too dearly at 
 ** the expence of their naval power. We are rcal% 
 ** ly richer by virtue of our northern colonies, 
 '* which have fo prodigioufly encreafed our induf- 
 ^^ try, our commerce, and our (hipping — *." 
 
 As this i? really the cafe, it fliews ot what im- 
 portant conkquence it was to thelc kingdoms, 
 The conquefts we have made from the French the 
 laft year 1759., in regard they lye upon the back 
 pi our valuable provinces % for whilft in polfefTion 
 of the />/f7r^j we have conquered., they were continu-^ 
 ,«lly, either themfelves or their confederates, the 
 Canadian In^lins, annoying our frontiers, which 
 by the prefenr ro* quefts, ?nd what we may 
 yet acquire, v'-Jl be entuely prevented, and our 
 planters there will be as fecure on the frontiers as 
 i^iofe who live in the interior part of the pro\ nces, 
 
 ^^ See the Live: of ihc Admirals, printed for Mr. Waller 
 m Fleet fiTcct. . ■ - 
 
 *- pro- 
 
pifct, 
 which 
 
 t ^5 ] 
 whi( h will, as I take it, i'uit very well j and ai 
 the French king is remarkably fond of hunting, 
 
 t^ 
 
 vtes. 
 
 'er the 
 require 
 
 ifcovc- 
 of the 
 " fays 
 icr to 
 to rc* 
 miards 
 arly at 
 •e rcal% 
 lonies, 
 induf- 
 
 • 
 
 lat im- 
 jdoms, 
 ^ch the 
 e back 
 (fefTion 
 ►ntinun^ 
 ;s, the 
 which 
 : may 
 nd our 
 tiers as 
 vinces, 
 
 Waller 
 pro- 
 
 Stale of the Venetian and Knclish Navies, 
 provided we have the wifdom to keep what we 
 have purchafcd at the exi>cnce of fo much blood 
 and trealure. For fhould they recover, by treaty 
 or otherwife, what they have loft, we fhall again bfc 
 cxpoled to the fame injuries and infults that we 
 ^or many years before had met with from thofe 
 perfidious people. We are well aflured, that the 
 French have had for a long feries of years, a vicvir 
 «f conquering our provinces upon the continent 
 ;0t North America, and to have had their capitol ♦ 
 
 in 
 
 ^ * The dangerous ftate which fomc of our colonies v/erc 
 m, through the encroachments of our moft inveteruc; 
 enemies, have many years fince been reprefented in the 
 
 ' ffi l^ u'T. ''" ^^ + ^ ^"^' ^y ^ ^ort»^y general 
 
 officer* ""i?" 77 '^ was d.fregarded by f f f f f, fays that 
 officer ; Hewi//:n iime find co be truth what I have uned 
 though poftbly [which God forbid] it may he too late- fhat 
 time has come, and the whole nation faw with horror, the 
 dangeroiis f.tuation of our affairs in America, at laft a 
 body of forces were fent there, to endeavour to cure, or 
 :« leaft flop the growing evil. Tlie perfon's name who 
 
 tC"r -1. '^"".! '■' ''."^^ "^ "° "^^ ^« "^^"t'"n> other 
 than ,t will not be am.fs to remember the exnences the 
 
 nation were put to, and that this commander not only 
 >eJl jn the attempt, but the expedition mifcarried. 
 
 Happy tor Britain (after two or three other miftakes) 
 Jhere were other commanders appointed; fome were fent 
 irotn Great Britain, and others were born in our colonies • 
 Jhek commanders behaved with fo much prudence and va- 
 lour, th.it they have gained immortal honours, and have 
 in a great mcAiwrP' Ao]U,^r^-^ ^-^ \/f---/i. > * • - , 
 
 icas trcin the calamities they then laboured under^ 
 
 ♦ See the firjl kttir. gg. 
 
1 
 
 J 
 
 t t6 
 
 f^ic firft fcenc is laid that that prince had ap- 
 pointed a great hunting match in a forreft, near 
 
 the 
 
 Oo»o>ieeeecocaeooe»0(ioooaro3Ki«aecgwe«»ooo»ejcexc9Coaoocoocoaoco»occaooec^e«cc»o«cocoai»«»oo««cco» 
 
 5/^/t' of the Venetian and Rkglish Navies. 
 
 m a more convenient fituation than where Qiiebec 
 now {lands, but God be praifed, we have, inftead 
 of lofing any of our valuable provinces, turned 
 
 tlie 
 
 Several dutiful and loyal fubjeols have lately afked,'^ 
 What has been done for one of the braveft and gallanteffc 
 of men tlia|: ever drew a fword, we mean, fay they, lieuten- 
 ant general James Oglethorpe. Why, fays a bye-ftaiidcr,,- 
 the impartial hiftoria-v; in fiiturc time'; will relate, what 
 pofkritv will fcarcely credit, i. c. the undeferved treatment, 
 thii. gentleman ha-; met with. 
 
 I have, for my own part, heard it averred, and I believe 
 it to be truth, that the gallant retrimcnt he eommanded 
 (which wa:, compelled of i.ngli»h, Scotch, and Ivlfh) did 
 ^nore leal fcrvicc whiltt the general was at the hcadofthenj, 
 
 than o'hcrs have dt)ne with whole a -s. How it came 
 
 to be broke, and upon what occafion, fome now living 
 (Lbelicve) well know. 
 
 In the reign oi' Ferdinand of Spain, there was a gal- 
 lant officer, named Gonfalvo, who had done the Spanifh 
 nation intinite fervices in nipnv refpects, infomuch, that 
 he acquired the title of the Great Captain, yet he 
 was left at lafc without employ or re:ompence the remain- 
 der of his days, and no other acknowledgment was made 
 for the fignal fervices he had done the ftate, than that 
 of a magnificent funeral, at the exnencc of his raafter 
 after his death. So hckle and danrrcious is the nature of 
 fortune, ai.d the favour of court:; ; ill fervices deferve 
 })uniihnKr.t, and good services, by the envy of competitors, 
 cfien go unrewarded. Yet the names of truly great men 
 cannot die. Gonfalvo got immortal glory abroad, and his 
 inemory is reverenced through the dominions of Spain, 
 as appears from their hiftories. 
 
1 
 
 I 
 
 r 27 J 
 
 llie ica-coaO:, that he might be at hand to give or- 
 ders, as affairs lliould ariie; and which paftime 
 
 was 
 
 State of the Venetian and Eng l ish Navies. 
 
 the tables upon them, and by conquering their 
 chief city Quebec, and other ftrong holds, added 
 a vaft trad of land to our former acquifitions : 
 bo that we are now in a fair way of drivincr the 
 French intirely out of North America, (which 
 God grant) fome noble perfon^iges, as well as many 
 other faithful fubje6h, are well fatisfied, as lon^ 
 as the French have afoot of land behind our fron- 
 tiers, the planters, who inhabit thofe parts will 
 
 never be perfedly fecure in their properties 
 
 _ We have an inftance ia hiftory, how danc^erous 
 Jt is to live near powerful monarchs. The Spani- 
 ards and French being equaUy prone to diTpof- 
 fefs their innocent neighbours of their rights in 
 order to aggrandize themfelves, came to a refolu- 
 tion in the fourteenth century, upon no other mo- 
 tive thm avarice, to conquer the kingdom of Na^ 
 pies, which they very eafily accompliOied, after 
 which they divided it between them Some fliort 
 time after they fell out about one of the towns, 
 each inhfting on a right to the place. Commif- 
 arics were appointed to fettle the matter (much 
 ike thofe who were appointed at the conclufion of 
 the laft vvar, to fetde the limits between the Bn- 
 tilh and French dominions in America, which if 
 liirly done, the French mufl of courfe have're- 
 ttored to us feveral trads of land they had uniuft-' 
 Ij ufurped, bur the f.qud fl^ewed they did not in- 
 tend 
 
I 2* ] 
 
 was (according to the poet) calcutjJted purely to 
 aUcviatt the great trouble and anxiety Madam 
 
 Pomp- 
 
 Stale of the V Eli ET I AS rt«^/ English Navies. 
 
 tend to do either one or the other, notwithftand- 
 ing we were fo obliging as to fend our commifla- 
 ries to meet theirs in the city of Paris) fome time 
 was fpent to no purpofe -, in the conrlufion, the 
 French and Spaniards came to blows, and the 
 latter having beat the former in three or four bat- 
 tles, the French were drove out of the king* 
 dom of Naples, and were never able afterwards to 
 recover their Ihare of it. And as we are well alTured 
 of thereftlefs and ambitious defigns of the French, 
 and of their being the firft aggreffors in this war,, 
 by unjuftly detaining part of our rights ; therefore 
 I repeat it again, that many think it will be for 
 the intereft of Britain net to fuffer the French (if 
 po{ribie)upon any pretence whatfoever, to have one 
 f(X)t of land in North America, leeing they have al- 
 ready made fuch a bad ufe of what they had there. 
 Upon the whole, the fubje^ls of thcfe kingdoms, 
 are bound by duty, and gratitude to acknowledge 
 his nioft facred Majefty, and his late royal father's 
 paternal care, in caufmg a moft glorious attention 
 CO be particularly had to the preferving and en- 
 creafmg the royal navy, and it muft be with like 
 duty and gratitude admitted, that thefe beloved 
 fovereigns have always been gracioufly pleafed, 
 not only to proteft our trade and navigation, but 
 alio to encourage every ufeful branch of our ma- 
 nufactures, which v/ill certainly make their names 
 ro be revered, and refpecled by the people in ge- 
 neral to lateil pofterity. 
 
 
 .a 
 
irely to 
 
 Madam 
 
 Pomp- 
 
 avies. 
 
 chftand- 
 mmiffa- 
 tne time 
 ion, the 
 and the 
 bur bat- 
 
 ■ i<-ing' 
 vards ta 
 1 alTured 
 French, 
 his war, 
 herefore 
 I be for 
 ench (If 
 lave one 
 have al- 
 id there, 
 ^gdoms, 
 owledgc 
 I father's 
 ittention 
 and en- 
 Nith like 
 beloved 
 pleafed, 
 ion, but 
 our ma- 
 ir names 
 le in ge- 
 
 [ 29 ] 
 
 ^omp— d— re was under, upon account of the" 
 great lodes France had fullained, an-^ therefore, 
 without further ceremony, I fliall here intro- 
 duce it. 
 
 ^. 
 
 SCENE I. Aforrejl by the fea-dde. 
 
 Enter L—sK—g of F-—, the D-p-n, Madam 
 Pomp-d-r^ M—rf—lB—ifle, lords and attendants, 
 
 K. L. For you, P—d-'r^ is this fport prepared, 
 To drive all gloomy fadnefs from your mind j 
 Beauty, like yours, fliould fuffer no eclipfe. 
 But chear the world with one unclouded day! 
 Where is mv fon, the D n ? 
 
 P—d—r ^As your majefly 
 
 Set out, I heard his horfes were preparing ; 
 He cannot long be abfent. 
 
 B--?JIe. Here he comes. [Horn founds. 
 
 That is his horn ! or I am much deceived. 
 
 Enter B—n. 
 
 D-'-n. A day of pleafure wait my gracious fo- 
 vereign ! [<ro the kin^i 
 
 On you, lady, may every earthly blifs 
 Attend, that Heaven can give. 
 
 P—r 1 thank your highnefs, 
 
 And could my humble wilh with Heaven prevail, 
 Safety and joy fhould ever wait your (teps. 
 
 V 
 
 K. L. Sound to the chafe! aroufe the nimble 
 
 deer. 
 We fliall, we guefs, have pleafing paftime here. 
 
 [Exeunt cmnes. 
 E Be- 
 
 ll 
 
[ 3° 1 
 Before this grand company fetsoiit for the chacr, 
 FANCY makes the Breil fleet fail, which, accord- 
 ing to dire(5lion, was only to parade along the 
 coaft, after they had received advice that admiral 
 Hawke was drove from thence by a llronfr rale of 
 wind, and v/as prefumed to be then at anchor in 
 Torbay *. 
 
 Upon this, the BrufTells Gazette tells its de- 
 luded readers, 
 
 M-'-t. The Brell fleet fails triumphant on the 
 ocean f . 
 
 C--l—-d. In what ])urfuit honcfl; Monf. M—t": 
 
 M—t, To fearch for, — and drub the Knglifn ; 
 Then land their troops — and conquer Britain. 
 
 C—l—d. But Hav/k e is near, he'll foon cool 
 their boailing-. 
 The Fox mufl: tremble at the Lyon's Roar. 
 
 The Freneh have for many ages made ic their 
 bufinefs to boafl of actions, the contrary to whicli 
 has been fo notorioufly known, that whatever 
 they fay makes not the leafr impreflion upon the 
 fenfible part of mankind-, for who can be ig- 
 norant, that France has ufurped upon all her 
 neighbours, and that her main defign has been to 
 enflave all Europe. But when you read her decla- 
 rations of war, when you perufe her manifef- 
 toes and letters, when you hear her minifters har- 
 rangue, then who but other princes afpire to 
 make themfelves mailer's of the v/orld ? Experi- 
 ence has fully latisiied every confiderate man, that 
 the French make no fcruple to difguife the truth 
 v/hen it is for their intercft. Our nation^ fays 
 Michael Moniaign, with his ufual freedom, has 
 I'een a long time upbraided vSith this vice. For Sal- 
 vianus of Marfeilles, who lived in the reign of the 
 
 * November lo. 
 
 t November 14, 
 
 Emr- 
 
chacr, 
 iccord- 
 ng the 
 .dmiral 
 rrale cf 
 hor in 
 
 ts de- 
 on the 
 
 un. 
 n cool 
 
 ic their 
 whicli 
 latcver 
 on the 
 be ig- 
 ill her 
 een to 
 dccla- 
 lanifef- 
 rs har-' 
 ire to 
 Lxperi- 
 n, that 
 J truth 
 ?, fays 
 Q, has 
 or Sal- 
 of the 
 
 Emr- 
 
 r 31 ] 
 
 Emperor Valentinian,afrerts r/;^/ / ■ • 
 
 what wou d he have fn,^^ 1 i ""JJP^^i^mg ;— pray 
 
 to read Monfie'r M- b ?'1 ^^ ^'1 """ ='"^'-' 
 Kcoiints, which ilv^LX'n. fr °""=' '"""'^'■^"t 
 time to t me rela id o' f «°* ^''"•'" '"^'-' f™"^ 
 Ai,aTian3, l-'lt ffi.n: "'"."^■■""^ °f the French, 
 
 and her ,n:rhfvfSc;t:^„::;f^ ^^^'^' ^^-'" 
 
 tWM:?:eis;-:e^ ^^-^^^^-^ "^^ - 
 
 ^, •/ '"^^-^K^SSELS GagzeTTE. 
 
 1 .)c devil near BrufTels difriMir.^ k- 
 Met /;?A>i>^^,/of l.r. '^^'^ (-mcnvdmg his train, 
 
 X >...j.rjuuu oi late, at the o-if^^ ^-i-' r • 
 
 0/i i'.r^.v.V;, fecrnM n A , ^ ^^ Louvaine. 
 
 Qr-Whether, inHeadof the /.„,«„. c,..,. ,, , 
 ••v'^'A., he inould not be ftiled the '\<^n.U J^? "^ ^''' ^'^''"'■^ 
 
 --•• and 2v. 
 
 ~-' > 
 
 'fv, and difcoua.-rer 
 ^'■^<' tnc firft Iftter, p ?- 
 
[ ^^ 3 
 
 Since people difcredit whatever you fay, 
 Cry'd Satan, to dupe them we'll chufe a new way i 
 Your tonf^ue, my dear Mab, a new talent muft try i 
 Henceforward fpeak truth: they will ftill think 
 you lie*. BritiJJoMag.. 
 
 'II I 
 
 SCENE II. 1'he forrefi. 
 
 4 violent ftorm. Enter feveral hunt/men in a dif- 
 Derfcd manner, and after them L. K. of F. thd 
 
 D—n, r-d-r, M — Jh /, B / #, 
 
 lords and attendants. 
 
 K. L. The game has took the uplands, and 
 efcaped, 
 For the difcordant fls:ies forbid all chace, 
 How loud it blows , I wifli my fleet is fafe. 
 
 2) n. Ne'er from the heavens a fairer morn- 
 ing beam*d, 
 Nor followed by a more tempeftuous noon. 
 The welkin feems inflam'd, we muil retire 
 
 And kek fome better Ihelter. 
 
 P-.-r 
 
 * This bbck genileman was in London fome time 
 fincc, and nrofeffea an efteem for the Britifh nation, and 
 as larae numbers of the French were entertained in the fer- 
 vices'^of the great, I fuppofe Monfieur, havmg a mgh 
 opinion of hinifdf, expeaed nothing lefs than an employ- 
 ment in one of the fecretaries, or in feme other hicrative 
 office, which, however, he could not oDtani. For our 
 ftate miniilcrs know better than to employ any mic^r.do 
 whatever, and by that means our affairs are now tranfvct- 
 ed with as much fccrefv as thofe o. our neighbours. As 
 
 ]VI t did not fuul the encouragement he expected, he 
 
 thoucrht proper to quit the kingdom [but not till he had 
 run mdebt, which he forgot to pay; in one place he 
 left a note of his hand, imEnglifh, wherein he prcmifed 
 t ) pav the debt at a certain time which his creditor would 
 ^^,,i: J to receive] in fnort, from what has fmce happened, 
 v/e'^mV.y truly fay, his depart^-rc from hence, was a happy 
 Jeliveiancc to Britain indetd ! 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 -I 
 
 a 
 
[ 33 J 
 
 lew way i 
 nuil try i 
 :ill think 
 tijlj Mag. 
 
 in a dif- 
 of F. the 
 
 _/ ;>, 
 
 inds, and 
 
 afe. 
 
 irer morn- 
 
 lon. 
 ire 
 
 I fome time 
 nation, and 
 jd in the fer- 
 iving a high 
 1 an employ- 
 her Uicrative 
 lin. For our 
 any rcncgado 
 low tranfacl- 
 rhbours. As 
 expected, he 
 ot till he had 
 :^ne place he 
 I he pre mi fed 
 reditor wo'dd 
 lice happened, 
 was a happy 
 
 M 
 
 O yc powers 
 
 i 
 
 That watch the valiant in the hour of fate. 
 Now fpread your wings, and guard your noble 
 fleet. 
 
 K. L. Be not fo fad. 
 
 P r. We liope our fleet's return'd. 
 
 For o'er the main, as far as fight can ftretch, 
 
 No fail appears to view You know at parting, 
 
 (Tho' our Bruflels trumpeter aiTerted otherwife) 
 
 C — flans was ordered .only to coaft the Ihore 
 
 For fear of Hawke. 
 
 B ijle. This tempeft is ill omen — How it 
 
 rages ! 
 And howls defl:ru6lion thro' the fylvan fcene. 
 Lo ! here appears a fragment of its ruin ! 
 
 Enter admiral C flam in a taUered, wef, and 
 
 mifcrahk condition. 
 
 K. L. What difmal objed thus confronts our 
 
 fight. 
 Say, who art thou } 
 
 Con. I am not what I was ! 
 Oh, would the yawning earth but lend a grave 
 1 o hide a wretchjull refcued from the deep. 
 
 K. L — C— flans! —but 'tis impoflible 
 Thou can'ft be he — Oh, fay! where is my fleet ? 
 
 Con. Go, bid me brave again the boifterous 
 furge. 
 Thro' which I lately ftruggled — bid me leap 
 
 The rqcky cX\?i or rulh amidft the flanieT; 
 
 Of burning TErna, when it blazes higheft : 
 All would I rather chufe than give an anfwer 
 To that iieart-piercing queftlon. 
 
 fC. L. Say, is it dcftroyed ? 
 
 And end m\ fears at once ? 
 
 Ccn. — Many fouls are fled 
 
 To lieav'nly blifs — 
 
 .V j 
 
 ■II 
 
 •'1 
 
r 34- 1 
 
 P^r. Where thine will never come 
 
 "^ woe '^^''^ ^^^^ <^^^^troyed ! Oh heavy ftrokc of 
 
 B^Jlc Deftroy'd, hcav'ns forbid, or how d-id 
 ne elcaper 
 
 Con. How much I honoured your fervice, Heav'n 
 can witnefs. ' 
 
 I cannot fpeak, - refledtion over-nowers m- 
 And my heart fhudders at the painful thouo-hj 
 K. /..Speak, I command thee: at thy ftronc. 
 perfuafion ^ ^ 
 
 I fent my fleet to lea— in an ill hou- 1 
 
 Con " How fliall I fpeak, when ev'ry word's a 
 " wound 
 
 ;; That Ibikes me to the foul ?^We went on board. 
 
 All ruU of joy, and wafted by the breeze 
 " We ploughed the furface of the fmiling fea • 
 ' When iuddenly the Ikies were overcaft • ' 
 " And from the north, the ftorm arifm^^ loud 
 " The Englilh then appearing*.^ h?av'n ^hat 
 
 " contufion, 
 " What ghaftly terror f;t on every brow — 
 " To fee 'em, lyons-like, tear all our fails. 
 
 I'hcir cannons bord our fliips that iurk /=n 
 ^"^^^ ^- *' While 
 
 (4 
 
 if. 
 
 * Drydcn makes an Indian prince defcribe ftipo 
 lea thus. ' 
 
 Pr. The cbjea I could firft diftinc^lly v^cw 
 Wr.s,tal! ftraijrht trees, which on the wates'flcw- 
 ^'U^Jl^ on then- fides, inftead of Jeave^ did rrrow, * 
 \^ hich crathcr'd all the brcarh the w^nd cnu'd blow 
 .A nd at their rcots grew flnntinp- palaces, 
 Whofc out-b!ow'd bcHics cut the yielding fcas. 
 hr. Came they al:ve or dead upon the fiiore ? 
 Pr.AIas ! they Hv'c', too fure, I heard them roar. 
 AM turn d their lides, and to each other fpoke • 
 I ia>v their words break cut in f^re and fmoak. ' 
 b'jre t]s thc:r voice, that thunders from on hir^h. 
 Or thele tne youncrer brothers cA tlie iky. "^ 
 Deal- with the noife, I took my haOy fiia-'ht ; 
 No n.ortal courage can fupport (he h\u&. 
 
 ?,t 
 
 ■I 
 •I 
 
 % 
 
<( 
 
 [ 3J J 
 While fome theang,-y waves, like mountain., 
 ^ow wh,rl d us to the .Icies, now fu„k us low ' 
 
 As ^feptune s oozy bed . 
 
 At length our other ihatter'd, beaten, (hips 
 Lett to the mercy of the raging ocean ^ 
 Were driven by the Engliflfon^rhe ftore 
 in vam I ftrove to fave your Royal Sun\ 
 She penfhed >n my fight _ next a wave ' 
 
 ^Too m^Ih"'"''' '""P *'''■ ^°'" "'°" ''^ft f^!d 
 
 'ri?~"' P'^' what a Ihock is this I 
 1 his IS a day of fingular diftrefs, 
 
 And awful Heaven, feems angry with us all. 
 
 "iVrikes dL*;:"^ " ""'^ "'* «™f' 'he dart 
 K. L. The fleet's deftroy'd, thou fay'ft ? 
 
 Break up the meeting. '[&,^ .^^jy^. 
 
 ^■^y °^°"' P°«s has furniihed Lewis XV 
 w'th fome .mart complaints, (which FanTv iTm 
 pofes to have been fpo1.en) ^ohJ^/Tdn^;, 
 
 „ 'T^y pernicious wiles 
 
 Have laid my kingdom defolate; mv crown 
 |>ts heavy on my temples; mark ,7m7s 
 Hummtns ^'th the rumours of my J/^"fi,, 
 
 * C 
 
 I5ee an account of tlie vidtorv pf t „ u 
 t So did the oeoplc of L„L ^%"°S"^- 
 
 whilft the poor iaZ rlent\^''T J'""'' ^^"^« ' 
 
 itreets, were hummin<f in dSul ^V V''\ '°'"^^^ ^^ ^^-^ 
 of Britain -but now ^he paSinllf .u^^ ""^^P^ ^°"^J^oa 
 chaunting in melodLfvokt S/? t^ ^"^^ °?~^^^r them 
 in praife of his minifters and^ff '"k^^"^"'- °* ^^^ Majefty, 
 officers. folHTPrc .'f'--,- - ^^- ^'^''"y ^^ ^^^ ^JeJ. 
 
 thefe unhapDv '" -t " r"' i" ^^^> ^« ^^ar no mor'e of 
 
 
[ 3^ ] 
 in vain has Maube^-rt written forged lies 
 To blind my people i Ice my merchants brok(^< 
 My ftocks ail bankrupt, and my iinances 
 Beyond repair, irreparably lunk •, 
 Diforder'd my police, and fleets deftroy'd^ 
 Oh! waywa.i fate of Paris ! late fo gay. 
 The feat of pleafure, and the fcene of tafte ; 
 The theatre of every thing polite -, — 
 My noblefle, nay, the princes of the bloody 
 Nearly afTedlied, feel the wrath of hcav'n 
 Pour'd daily on my ilate— my foe provok'd, 
 Judly provok'd, and irritated frefli 
 By frothy menace, waves the angry fword. 
 Which flalhes dire refentment in my face— 
 
 Fruitlcfs a war ■ 
 
 -Will they now refign, or cede, 
 
 Cape-Breton, Louifbourg, or rich Quebec? 
 My Guadaloupe, and Pondichferry too. 
 Are in their hands •, Goree and Senegal, 
 DuQucfne, and Niagara, are their own; 
 Ticonderoga and Crown Point are theirs ; 
 Marigalante owns the Britifh fway. 
 And will they cede thefe conquefts for a peace ? 
 Reftore thefe millions for a poor Mahon? 
 Oh! vain prefumption! I am Britain's dupe, 
 And muft of force, in what flie ftipulates, 
 Soon acquiefce— Behold my very plate 
 Forc'd from the churches, to coin ready cafli. 
 To pay my armies, and my flying fleets ; 
 A poor parade— mere pageantry and fhew ! 
 Paid they muft be, tho' paid for doing nought! 
 
 What will become of Paris and Verfailles ? 
 For George will literally foon be faid 
 To be tlie king of France in terms exprefs:^ 
 Perhaps another Marlb'rough foon will rife, 
 And with a cannon ball, at Paris' gates 
 Knock boldly, and demand my throne and ftate- — 
 Let me not think on't. {Exit in a hurry. 
 
 Let 
 
(37) 
 
 the Vi5lo}-y of hi.\,i.i%L^^ ly^^. 
 
 Let us return and read the pleafing account 
 of this furphfingvidlc-/,* as given by th^ 
 
 • An Hifloricnl Account .J'the Vidory at La Hocrue 
 1092, ivith fame particular Remarks and Ob- 
 
 fervations. 1 
 
 *'' Mr. Campbell obferves, " That the crown 
 was no fooner placed on the head of the prince 
 of Orange, than he began to feel the weight 
 ot It, and experience tlie cares that attend°it 
 He had not fo much as leifure to tafte in peace 
 the firft moments of royalty, but found liim- 
 felf obliged to embark in a war, as foon as he 
 
 was feated on the throne. A war, in which 
 
 all Europe were engaged, and engaged in point 
 ofintereft; for the ambitious defignV of 
 Lewis XIV. were now fo evident, that ev^r, 
 the powers leaft inclined to aftion, found 
 themfelves obliged to provide for their own 
 laiety, by entering into a confederacy, for the 
 more effedually oppofing the encroachments 
 of that afpiring prince." Tho' this was really 
 ^l V J^^^l ^ according to the cuftom ot' 
 the l-rench) endeavoured to perfuade the world 
 that It was a moil unjull alliance; and to fliew his 
 
 chapel of St. Lewis, a beginning with 
 
 .thefe words : « Principes convenerunt, ts?,.'» 
 
 The kings and rulers of the earth. 
 
 In deep contriz-ance hold^ 
 Againfi the Lord and DavidV throne ' 
 
 4folemn league do hold, ' 
 
 C( 
 
 <c 
 
 (( 
 
 i( 
 
 <( 
 
 «( 
 
 (( 
 
 This 
 
( 38 ) 
 rrnowncd admiral Hawke, in a letter to Mr. fe- 
 ^rctary Clcvhnd, dated from on board the Royal 
 
 George 
 
 ^hc Vinery at La IIogue, 1692. 
 
 This gave occafion to feveral difcourfes upon 
 the allufion of thole words of thefecond Pfalm \ 
 as alfo to (harp and Hinging replies upon the 
 contrary allufion. 
 
 King Charles II. and king James II. held a 
 clofe correfpondence with Lewis XIV. this oc- 
 cafioned the French to lay hold of fo favourable 
 :m opportunity to encrcafe their naval power •, 
 which they fo effcftually did, that in the be- 
 ginning of king WilUarii's reign, they were be- 
 come very iormldable at lea. — In truth, they 
 did not forget the contemptable figure tliey 
 
 made in Oliver's time. --Even the French 
 
 confefs, that they learned from the maritime 
 powers, the benefit of having a ccnfiderable 
 fleet on the ocean ; which was fo much im- 
 prove \ that in the fpace of 20 years they 
 found themfelves able to encounter cither nation. 
 — In 1 68 1, the French had XII men of war, 
 from 120 to 70 guns •, XXI men of war, from 
 70 to c^6 guns \ XXXIV men cf war, from 50 
 to 40 guns ; XXVI men of war, from 40 to 
 ^^o guns-, XX from 28 to 18 guns : in all CXIII. 
 Light frigates from 20 to 16 guns XXIV. 
 Bomb vefiels and fireOiips VIII. Barks X. Flutes 
 XXII. Befides rallies XXXII. In a word, their 
 fleet was in a (till better condition Jtt the begin- 
 ning of the v/ar in king William's reign •, fo 
 that every one may fee v/ith what difad vantage 
 /"ronriderinor the unfettlcd ilate of the three kino;- 
 
 corns) 
 
 4 
 
to Mr. fe- 
 
 the Royal 
 
 George 
 
 592. 
 
 nirfes upon 
 ond Pfahn \ 
 , upon the 
 
 II. held a 
 f. this oc- 
 favourable 
 al power •, 
 in the be- 
 y were be- 
 ruth, they 
 gure tliey 
 he French 
 ; maritime 
 Dnfiderable 
 much im- 
 ^'cars they 
 her nation, 
 en of war, 
 war, from 
 r, from 50 
 rom 40 to 
 all CXIII. 
 IS XXIV. 
 X. Flutes 
 word, their 
 the begin - 
 reign •, lb 
 [fadvantage 
 three kin^- 
 dom^) 
 
 (39 ) 
 
 George, ofF Pcnrls-Point, November the 24rh, 
 
 I 
 
 759- 
 
 S I Fy 
 
 7'he Vi5Jcry at La Hocu£, 1692. 
 
 doms) England entered into a fea war with 
 France. 
 
 The compafs of this note will not permit 
 me to enter into a detail of the lollies we at firit 
 , fuftained in our engagements with the French 
 fleets from 16S9 to 1692, my chief defign is 
 only to attend to what paired before and at the 
 memorable battle at La Hogue -, which leads 
 me once more to obferve from Mr. Campbell, 
 — That it was evident to the whole nation^ that 
 in rejpe5f to our honour and inte) jji in the war, ths 
 management of affairs at fea was chiefly to he re- 
 garded i and yet by an tinaccountahk feries of wrong 
 councils, the management of thofe affairs was in reality 
 lefs regarded than any thing elfe. — (But heaven be 
 praifed, the cafe is quite otherwife now.) 
 
 In the fpring of the year 1692, the king 
 gave the chief command of the fleet to admiral 
 Rufiel, afterwards created earl of Orford ; (who 
 was a near relation of the duke of Bedford, ) — '• 
 At this time, according to bifhop Burnet, he 
 was far from being in great favour, upon the 
 account of his attachment to the earl of Marl- 
 borough, (afterwards the famous John, duke 
 of Marlborough) who had then fallen under 
 the difpleafure of the court. The Englilh af- 
 fairs being in this unhappy fituation. 
 
 Lewis XlV^ came to arefolution to employ thofe 
 forces that were Hill left. King Jam.es, in order 
 toanfwer a particular purpolc, that was to invade 
 
 F 2 En^ 
 
 .'tl 
 
■Ill 
 
 I 
 
 «c 
 
 ^ . ( 40 ) 
 
 In my letter of the 17th, by exprefs, 1 
 defired you would acquaint their lordlhips with 
 
 my 
 
 m SJ 'S ^Si 'Hi ^ !8J'5^ v!; ^- B (§:• €• '& is) iS 585 '35 585 (85 ?85 s§5'{§S ?§:• 531 ® ^ •:95 ?SJ 
 
 'The Vinery at La Hogue, 1692. 
 
 Fnghnd, by landing them and other troops oa 
 the coaft ot SuiTex j an.d tho' this fervice made 
 it^ neceffary to drav/ together a great number 
 of tranfports, as v/ell as a very confiderable 
 tieet, yet he had both in readinefs before it 
 was fo much as fufpeded here. 
 
 By the beginning of April nothing was wanting 
 to^ the execution of this defign, but the arrival 
 of count de Eftrees's fquadron of 12 men of 
 wMr from the Mediterranean, which was to con- 
 voy the embarkation, while the count de Tour- 
 ville appeared in the channel with the grand 
 fleet, which was ready to piii; to lea. 
 
 In the mean time the friends of king James !!>• 
 were not idle in E.ngland, v/hatever misfortunes 
 that unhappy prince ha.i fullained, and hov/ 
 (lender his hopes might be of a reftoration, he 
 had at this time a great number of well- wilh- 
 ers, who defired nothing more than his re-ef- 
 Tablifliment ; and as every thing was jufl ready 
 for the invafion, which he apprehended was de- 
 figned to be in his favour ; previous to this, thai- 
 monarch publifhed a declaration, after which he 
 let out for La Hogue, attended by fome lords- 
 of his party, where the troops defigned for the 
 embarkation lay •, {confifting of 14,000, Englifh, 
 Scots, and Irifli •, and to thefe troops^ the French 
 king propofed to add 6000 of his oicn^ and fo make 
 
 in ivhicb were 4 re^ 
 gimcnts 
 
 the 'whole army 20- Qoo inen'. 
 
■^ 
 
 ps with 
 my 
 
 oops on 
 :e made 
 number 
 iderable 
 2 fore it 
 
 wanting 
 : arrival 
 men of 
 to con- 
 : Toiir- 
 2 grand 
 
 imes II> 
 fortunes 
 id hov7 
 tion, he 
 ^11-wilh- 
 s re-ef- 
 1 ready- 
 was de- 
 his, that 
 vhich he 
 ne lords' 
 
 for the 
 E'.nglifli, 
 
 French 
 i fo make 
 re 4 re- 
 
 gimcnts 
 
 
 ( 41- ) 
 
 my having received intelligence of eighteen (ml 
 of the line and thne frigates <^^ t\\Q Breft fina-- 
 
 "*■>* drojty 
 
 'The Vitiory at La Hogue, 1692. 
 pnievts of horfe, avd i of dragoons) and having 
 taken a review of them, haltened every thing 
 for the intended expedition ; but the weather 
 proved fo tcmpeftuous, that Eftrees's fquadron 
 met with confiderable damage in paffing the 
 Straits of Gibraltar, which obliged him to 
 put into a port in Spain to refit. This, and 
 other accidents delayed their purpofe, till in- 
 telligence of the danger was received in Eng- 
 land : on this emergence the queen * difcov- 
 ered g»-eat fteadinefs and prudence. Orders were 
 immediately iffued for equipping the fleet, and 
 afiembling the tnilitia ; a camp was formed at 
 Portfmouth, and a proclamation publilhed for 
 apprehending all fufpeded perfons. 
 
 The Englifh fleet, under the command of 
 admiral Russel, confifted of two fquadrons, 
 tlic Red and Blue. 
 
 The Red confided of II firft rate, VI fecond 
 
 rate, XVI third rate, and IV fourth rate •, in 
 
 nil XXVIII. Russel admiral, Delaval vice, 
 
 and Shovel rear-admirals. 
 
 The Blue confided of III firft rate, V fecond 
 
 rate, XVII third rate, and V fourth rate ; in 
 
 all XXX. AsHBY admiral, R00K.E vice, and 
 
 Carler rear-admirals. J 
 
 I1\e Dutch confided of IX fird rate, X fecond 
 
 rate, IX third rate, VIII fourth rate ; in all 
 
 XXXVI. 
 
 * King William was then ir. Holland, 
 t Befides 6 frigates, 4 hoipitai fhips, 2 vatchs and 
 Jnips, gijns4i;c>, men 27590. 
 
 !0 lire 
 
•Ill 
 
 ( 42 ) 
 
 dron, being difcovered about ^wenty-four leagues 
 to theN W. oi Bellijle, fteering to eaftward^^; 
 
 "The Vi^ory at La Hogue, 1692. 
 XXXVI. This fleet was commanded by admiral 
 
 Allemonde, &c. ,t. ,„ 
 
 The French fleet, commanded by count Tour- 
 viLLE, conflfted as follows :-The ^:^n^f^^ 
 fhips from 90 to 60 guns : the center ^.^ ^^''P' 
 from 104 to 54 S"ns •, the rear XII. from 94 
 to ^4 guns •, in all LXIII. befides frigates, &c 
 
 On the 1 9th of May thefe fleets met, and 
 the confederates were in good order by eight m 
 themoiaing, having the Dutch fquadron in the 
 van, the red in the center, and the blue in the 
 rear The French, according to their ulual way, 
 bore do^m upon the fleet with great refolution -, 
 about eleven TourviUe, in the Ropl Sun, be- 
 cran the fight with admiral RufTel-, he phed his 
 Suns very warmly for above an hour-, after that 
 he had enough of it, and began to tow ofl in 
 gr.at diforder. This day's action kited fix 
 hours, md in the fecond day's engagement, ad- 
 miral Carter and colonel Haftings were killed. In 
 th- conclufion the victory declared for the bng- 
 hfli and Dutch, by the French runmng away m 
 a foo- i which was fo thick, that the enem.y 
 coi^ld not be feen for fome time : as foon as 
 it cleared up, the French admiral was diicovei:- 
 c^ towing away northward. Rullel made the 
 fianal for chafing •, Shoved got tc the windward 
 or^Tourvilie's fquadron, and engaged tuem •, but 
 the fo<r growing darker than before, they were 
 ■ torced to anchor-, v%at.a i*iv. „vaai-... >- - 
 
 m 
 
 A 
 
leagues 
 
 [Iward ; 
 
 alt 
 
 admiral 
 
 tTouR- 
 i XXVI 
 K.V Hiips 
 from 94 
 :es, &c. 
 net, and 
 eight in 
 on in the 
 ue in the 
 ill al way, 
 folution % 
 Sun, bc- 
 phed his 
 after that 
 o\v off in 
 ailed fix 
 nent, ad- 
 idlled. In 
 the Eng- 
 g away in 
 Lie cnem.y 
 s foon as 
 diicover- 
 made the 
 windward 
 them ■, but 
 thev were 
 :icarcd up* 
 our 
 
 ^* 
 
 'i 43 ) 
 
 all prifoners hovcv^i" c^-gree, that on the day we 
 chafed themj f\-. :h- J-^uuircn confifted, according 
 
 to 
 
 Tie Fiufory rz/ La Hugue, 1692. 
 
 our fleet difcovercd the French ckfely folkwing 
 their flying admiral— Tkr Englifo purfued thetn the 
 bejl they could (and fo ciid thePVench follow their 
 flying admiral Confiar.s, in the late engagement ; 
 and the Englifh clofely purfued them) in this 
 purfuit the French loll four men of war, and 
 fome of their flying fliips made for Conquet 
 Road. 
 
 The 2 1 ft of May, it proved fo dark and 
 foggy, that it was eight of the clock before the 
 Dutch difcovered fome of the enemy crowding 
 away weft ward. 
 
 ^n the 2 2d the Englifh continued the chace ; 
 about eleven the French adhiiral ran afliore, and 
 cut her mafts away, and by that means .Tour- 
 ville efcaped to the land ; (which was the very 
 flame flate that attended Conflans in his engagement 
 ivith Hdwke) another part got to Cherburg ; 
 and thofe at that place, and at La Hogue, en- 
 deavoured to fecure themfelves, whilft others run 
 thro' the Race of Alderney into St. Maloes. Sir 
 Ralph Delaval burnt at Cape de Vic, the Royal 
 Sun, of 104 guns -, the Admirable, of 102 ; and 
 the Conquerant, of 83 guns ; with fix lefler 
 rates. 
 
 ' A gentleman at White-Hall, in a letter to his 
 ;riend at the Hague, dated June the 9th, gives 
 an exaa account of the burning the French ftiips 
 (fays the letter writer) " I'he feamen employ- 
 .^^ ed to burn the ihip:^, performed their duty 
 
 " with 
 
 ♦ 1 
 
/ 44 ) 
 to the accompanying lift, of four fjjips of So, 
 fix of^\^ three ^/yo, eight ofo^^ one frigate of ^G, 
 
 om 
 
 The Vi£lory at La Hogue, 1692. 
 
 t 
 
 " with all the bravery and refolution imagina- 
 ** ble, tho* the enterprize was no lefs difficult 
 *' than dangerous -," and withal he took notice, after 
 they had made themfelves maflers of fever al of the 
 enemfsfhips, they ufed their cannon to drive them 
 
 from their platforms ; and concludes with 
 
 flying, " We have deftroyed above one and 
 <' twenty of their large men of war, befides two 
 ** frigates, and feveral of the fmaller veflels % 
 " and had it not been for the foggy weather, 
 *' few of the reft had efcaped :" (and had it not 
 been fo jhort a winter^ s day, admiral Hawke would 
 have treated the Bred fleet in the fame manner,) — 
 Another account fays, " That on our fide, we 
 " did not lofe one fingle vefiel, except fireftiips 
 *^^ that were fpent in the adlion." — (Nor did we 
 lofe one fhip in the n5iion with the Breft fleet, fave 
 what were deftroyed by running afhore in the do fe purr 
 fait after the run- away enemy,) 
 
 Sir Ralph Delaval, in a letter to the earl of 
 -Nottingham, then fecretary of ftate, gives an 
 account of the burning of that part of the 
 jhips (before-mentioned) which was performed 
 under his diredion ; and in that letter there 
 are two remarkable claufes, which fhews him 
 to be a braye officer, and a friend to thofe whp 
 deferved well of their country. 
 
 ** Indeed, fays the admiral, (Ipeaking of the 
 captains of the fireftiips) fo brave was the at- 
 tempt, that I think they can hardly be fitfficiently 
 
 rewardi'd'^ 
 
te of ^G, 
 
 om 
 
 nagina- 
 difficult 
 Ice, after 
 l of the 
 ve them 
 es with 
 )ne and 
 des two 
 veflels s 
 veather, 
 zd it not 
 e would 
 mer.) — 
 ide, we 
 fireiliips 
 r did we 
 'et, fave 
 lofepurr- 
 
 earl of 
 ;ives an 
 
 of the 
 'formed 
 r there 
 vs him 
 3i"e who 
 
 J of the 
 
 the at- 
 tfficiently 
 wardi'd 1 
 
 (45 ) 
 
 one of 94, and one of 16 guns, wit'i a CmnV 
 rejfel to look out. They failed from Breft the f^h 
 
 inftant ; 
 
 The Vi5lory at La Hogue, i 692. 
 
 rewarded -and doubt not hut their majejlies will do 
 
 them right r The other follows : 
 
 " My Lord, I hope you will excufe me. if T 
 pre fume to pray you well ufe-your inter cfl with the 
 queen, that a reward may he given to the three cap- 
 tains of the fire (hips, and fever al others ; for greater 
 zeal, end greater hravei'y I never f aw '* 
 
 The fame day, SirRaJph fo gallantly a^cd 
 
 his part vice-admiral Rooke deftroyed U lliios 
 
 of the hne at La Hogue. Thefe were part of 
 
 lourvilles own fquadron, and who was a me- 
 
 ancholy fpedatcr from the fhore of their de 
 
 1 Tudion ., as was alfo king James's army 
 
 i hat pnnce wrote his ally Lewis XIV. a mov- 
 ing letter on this fubjed ; in which he af- 
 cribes the French king's lofs to his unlucky 
 tar ; and adds " For which, I requell your 
 ♦ majclty, no longer to concern yourfelf for 
 a prince fo unfortunate as me-, but per- 
 " mit me to retire tb fome corner of the world 
 " \,..ere I may no longer obftrud the courle of 
 " your ulual prcfperities and conquefisr 
 
 There were fome letters from the fleet, which 
 lay, there was not above 42 of the Eno-Iifh 
 and very few of the Dutch engaged ; no? but 
 that the whole fleet burned with an eager de- 
 lire to have come to blows with the French in 
 which they were prevented by a hafty flight (and 
 Jo were fome of our fleet dif appointed in the late 
 e^igagement, owing to Confians^ hafly flight) the 
 
 ptiioners 
 
 
, ( 46 ) 
 
 inrtant, the fame d'ay I failed from Torbay. Con- 
 cluding that their firft rendezvous would be at 
 
 Qiii- 
 
 The Victory a / L a Ho c u e , 1692. 
 
 prifoners taken in the engagement afllired the 
 Englifh, that the French loft b^ween five and 
 fix thoufand feamen killed and wdynded. 
 
 But according to the printed relation of this 
 i'Zttle in France, Tourville did not engage with 
 above forty-four large fhips ; admiral Ruflcl does 
 not make them exceed fifty : neverthelefs, their 
 fleet was much ftronger, according to their 
 t)\\\\ account *, for, if we believe the lift they 
 firft pub'-iflied, it amounted to above feventy 
 large or capital Ihips ; which they afterwards 
 contradickd, and then they made their fleet to 
 amount iq r.o more Chan lixty-three.— — It 
 is no doubt but the French acted upon this oc- 
 cafion, agreeable ti> their c?Id method of puf- 
 fing, in giving us at tiri^ a faJfe hft of their 
 fleet, with a view to make it appear more ter- 
 rible to the Englifh nation. 
 
 However, this is certain, if the French coukl 
 have commanded the wind, io that Filrees coukl 
 have joined Tourville, their fleet would have 
 been equal, if not fuperior to the confederates i 
 befides, they had got the ftart of them, and 
 were in a condition to put to fea fooner than 
 cither the Englifh or Dutch. 
 
 Now, as the wind proved contrary, and otiu f 
 unforefeen accidents happened ; pray let me afk 
 why did Tourville engage alone without Eftrtcs, 
 againft lo fuperior a force^ as the French talk 
 ©f ? it was Tourville that began the attack ; and 
 
 therefore. 
 
[^n^^^^i^f^^iK*^ 
 
 lore ter- 
 
 (47) 
 
 <3^iberon, the inftant I received the imeJli 
 gence I direfted my courfe thither with a ^ 
 
 fail. 
 
 The Vmory at La Hogue, 1992. 
 tlie vanity of his heart, and the contempt he 
 ^rench, tho fortunate to the confederates • and 
 
 before (he recovered herfelf. notwithlfemSL h^ 
 ^oaftmg that fte would then inftamly put fo fS 
 again with feventy capital Ihips. ^ ■ 
 
 Never did wS^or prove of more folid advan- 
 «ge ; „ put an end to the fears of an Z2- 
 
 he exliorbitant pride of the French leregreatlv 
 lowered. (As it has alfi teen by the ZHmril 
 gatnedover them by our gallant admirals.) ' 
 
 accounts"';? rh- 'vT"' "^^t '° '^='<^ ** F«nch 
 accounts of this viftory which they DublidipH 
 
 ttey "adtoS™ V^^^^^^^ «"5 
 four^rll /?,f ^°"°«""S them ; the one with 
 
 ) «.'" yet nuraiy any 
 
 md 
 
 V "i 
 
 '* -I 
 
 9 ? 
 
( 48 ) 
 
 fail. At firft the wind blowing hard, at S. by E 
 and S. drove us confiderably to the wei^ward. 
 
 But 
 
 The Victory at La Hocue, 1692. 
 
 -Yet, when we recolle(5l the 
 
 harm done, 
 
 Frerich are the bed people in the world at ro- 
 mancing^ then the fable may be fwallowed well 
 
 enough. But, let them romance as long as 
 
 they plcafe, the Englifli and Hollanders were 
 uever a jot the lels vibtorious. 
 
 It was worthy of remark, that upon the news 
 ojf our naval viddry, king William caufed all 
 the artillery in his camp at Bethlem to be drawn 
 up to the top of the hill upon the right of the 
 ;}' ny, that looked towards Namure, and placed 
 tne Dutch artillery upon the fame hill to the left -, 
 afcer which, the whole mim got under arms, and 
 tlien the general jo/ was exprelled by a triple 
 clilcharge- of all the camion and fmall arms^ upon 
 this glorious occafion.-^ — It was obferved at 
 that timcj, that the French king, who was then 
 with his army, tp giqfs over the invvard per- 
 plexity of his mind, upon hearing the roaring of 
 the cannons, feintly faid, *' Here is a mighty 
 
 V PUDDER. INDEED ! ABOUT BURJ^ING TWO 
 " OR THREE SHIPS.'* 
 
 The French would not allow the bravery and 
 condud of the Englifli and Dutch to have any 
 fliare in their lofs ; but attribute it all to chance. 
 
 {tl is likely they may jay the farae both of Bofcazven and 
 IJa'ii^ke^in th late engagements with their fleets.) 
 
 Wc^ muft acknowledge, fays one of the wri- 
 ters of liv^t time, that the winds did not favour 
 fi:t "Tsurfillco Still, we may fay of the French 
 
 ikct, 
 
But on the i8ch and 
 
 ( 49 ) 
 
 ^-^ -. uic loui ana 19th, thoiioh variable i> 
 proved more favourable. In th°e mean thne! 
 
 having 
 
 Tie Viaory at La Hogue, 1692. 
 
 -derftoodTo'^^aket'^dv^Jofr.'.'i^ 
 
 cumftance as weJi as Sir Francis (atid )f 
 
 Tourville could nnti! ic ^^.*^^s^^id» indeed 
 had received ?om:aefe^ 
 
 not happened if ?''? f '""'' ■ '^^'^ *« 
 Poireired himfelf tChV t"^ ^:i;'"l°"? P^i-^' 
 
 diought : it 
 
 IS 
 
 right in what he 
 
 very iikdy, he hurried h 
 
 im- 
 felf 
 
 
(so) 
 
 having been joined by the Maidftone and Cov- 
 entry frigates, I direded their commanders to 
 
 keep 
 
 The Vi£lory nt La Hogue, 1692. 
 
 felf into the calamity that enfued. A Dutch 
 writer has made himfelf merry upon this occa- 
 fion, in faying, It will be recorded^ that the French 
 admiral had frolicked away the fortune of France ; 
 believing his nwfier had gained over the -principal 
 port of the Englifh {thro* his unhappy ally) and had 
 got the winds in a bag. 
 
 Since the miniftry of Richlieu, the French 
 kings have been told, that puiffance in arms re" 
 quires that they fhould be not only powerful by land, 
 hit potent by fea •, and the prince that reigns at 
 prefent followed that maxim •, yet God be praifr 
 cd. — He has met with fo many fevere checks 
 that it will take up many years to put his ma- 
 rines upon the refpeftablc footing they were in at 
 the beginning of the prefent war.* 
 
 The 
 
 * A gentleman fome few years Hnce, paid a vifit to a 
 
 N Li " — ) who is remarkable for being of an open 
 
 and communicative temper} indifcourfe, hisl fpoke 
 
 with great affedtion for his native country ; and at the 
 fame time look notice of the artful defigns of the French, 
 a/ter this manner : 
 
 '* I am, fays his 1 , lately returned from France j 
 
 ," whiltl I was there I made it one part of my attention 
 •* to gather what curious particulars I could of the then 
 ** political fyftem of their government; and in which I 
 ** fo far fucceedcd as to obtain a piece, in French, which I 
 •* have now in my hand, filled ft rnemorialy (this he 
 
 •- Oiewed 
 
( 51 ) 
 
 ^3'"^!,'^'*^ '^}' ^^"^'^^^^^ ^"« ^" the y?^r- 
 ^ar^. and the other on the larl^oard bow. At 
 
 rhe Victory at La Hogue, 1692 
 The %xz;iX.t^ politician that ever was in Franr^ 
 was wont to fay, //.., the fea was fuT, 2 l^^ 
 
 ance^ 
 
 "left yoL d A. ttjZT""" '''■'''''■ 
 ;; neighbour; I „,,„;,t fJ^^'iZl^P' P^^^ul.r 
 
 :; France ha, had ch^rlL 'v"e'^fo;l;,t::„,:;;« 
 (1. e. that of giving: laws to all Europe) inc2(Z' 
 
 Soon after two pamphlets were publifhed th. /: /i/i, , 
 
 r/«^.r //.. nation unable to maintain a Jar ^ ZZXLu' ' 
 tice was taken of what his I h^A r -'a '"^^T" "°- 
 
 ft'led, The ^™,/^G« i71«:lt ; and "* "" 
 Other intereftin^rr,, »,•;,. .l. • .?^^|AIK . and amonff 
 
 that is naturaUoreeJiea'J/r "''"^ "' ''» the mifchiefs 
 -;WK,enc^X^-rr-^^^^ 
 
 I 
 
 
 .1 
 
< 52 ) 
 
 half pp.^ ttght o'clock in the morning of the 
 2otii, Bcllcifle by our reckoning bearing E. by 
 
 N. 
 
 44 j.^<fr»»»4>4^4"t>'l>4>^'|HH>»»'l " »»'t"l"l'l'4' <"»»♦»*♦♦♦♦» 
 
 ^he Victory at La Hooue, 1692. 
 
 fl//f^, //&tf/ all fovereigns pretended to have the 
 greatefi right to it •, but to fpeak all in a word 
 
 fo 
 
 which the 
 
 dominion 
 French at the battle of La Hogue found, and 
 now know it from difmil elperience to be truth : 
 fo it is hoped they will hereafter give over all 
 thoughts of any fovereignty there •, and let Great 
 Britain enjoy the empire of the ocean, who has, 
 as it is plain to all Europe, the bed right' 
 to it. 
 
 Hiftory relates, that the Turks loft in the 
 year 1571, two hundred gallies, fome taken, and 
 fomc llink ; which was the greateft victory that 
 
 had ever been heard of before that time. ^In 
 
 the year 1638, all the force that Spain could 
 croud upon the ocean, was reduced to alhes by 
 the fleet of Lewis XIII. But the engagement 
 of Gattari was nothing in comparifon of that 
 which was fought in St. George's-channel, in 
 the month of May 1692 j and fince offBellcillc 
 in 1759. 
 
 Admiral Ruflel's account of this viftory is 
 very Ihort, but concife -, and there has been alf<J 
 publilhed feveral relations of this memorable 
 event, both in general hiftories, and detached 
 pieces ; that from the admiral is contained in i 
 letter, dated May 20, as follows : 
 
 " Yefterday, about three in the morning, 
 Canp Barflpnr bfarincr V?". bv S. diftance feven 
 leagues, my fcouts mad the fignal for feeing an 
 
 enemy 
 
( S3 ) 
 
 9*****^^ 
 
 N. -J N. the Maidftone 
 ing a fleet. I immeaiately 
 
 iiiade the fignal for fce- 
 fpread abroad the 
 
 The Vmorj at La Hocue, 1692. 
 enemy, the wind wefterly, the French bore down 
 to me, and at eleven engaged m, but at Come 
 ^fance,i {French like.) We continued fic^hting 
 till half an ho^;r part five in the evening, at which 
 tmie the enemy towed away with all their boats, 
 and we after them ; (the Breji fleet a^ed the fame 
 part, when Hawke followed them. ) It was calm all 
 day i {the cafe was otherwife when Hawke engaged.) 
 About fix there v a frelh engagement to the 
 weftward of me, xh I fuppofe to be the t:Jue : 
 It contmued calm ail night : I can give no parti- 
 cular account of things, but that the French were 
 beaten - and I am fteering away for Conquet 
 Road, having a frelh gale eafterly, but extreme- 
 Jy toggy : I fuppofe that is the place they defign 
 tor.^Ifttpleafe God to fend us a little clear weather, 
 I doubt not but we fhall dejlroy the whole fleet —/ 
 faw m the night thee or four floips blow up, but 1 
 know not what they are ; as foon as I am able to 
 give you a more particular relation, I will not be 
 wanting." 
 
 Bilhop Burnet gives us this fingular relation 
 or the vidory. 
 
 " On the 19th of May, Ruflfel came up with the 
 French, and was almoft twice their number, yet " 
 not above half his Ihips could be brought into 
 the aftion, by the winds. Rooke, one of his 
 ^rnirals, was thought more in fault ; {in this 
 thebtjhop was miftaken, for the admiral was in no 
 Jcult', he behaved in the a^ion as became a faithful 
 fubje^l and a gallant officer.) The number of 
 ihips that engaged : our men faid, the French 
 
 IT -. - 
 
 Ti,. L -r^. ■" Ihewed 
 
 « 1 ne brave capt. Diggs coininand«<| her. ![ 
 
 I page 5 
 
( 54 ) 
 fignal for a line a-breaft, in order to draw all the 
 (hips of the jqtiadron up with me. I had before 
 
 fent 
 
 '■The Vicicry ^/ La Hogue, 16^2. 
 
 fliewed neither courage nor flvill in the adion ; 
 {fo they fi'.id of the French^ in the engagement off 
 Bdleijic J and yet the French cannot help loafling of 
 their courage^ as well as their Jkill in mart tine af- 
 fairs.) The night and a fog fcparated the two 
 fleets, after an engagement that had lafted three 
 hours : the greatcft part of the French fiiips drew 
 near their coafts •, but RulTei not cafring anchor, 
 as the French did, was carried out by the 
 tide fo next morning he was at fqme diftancc 
 from them : a great part of the French fleet 
 failed thro' a dangerous fea, called, The Race 
 bf Alderney, Afliby was fent to purfue them, 
 and he followed them fome leagues, but the 
 pilots pretending danger, he came back : fo 26 
 of them, whom if Alhby l,ad purfued, by all ap- 
 pear ice, he had deitroyed them all, got into St. 
 Ma es. — (Here the Ivjhop is again mijiaken, for 
 Afoby was afterguards qticflioned in parliament for this 
 ftippofed offence^ and ivas very hoyioiirably acquitted. ) 
 RufTel came up to the French admiral, and the 
 other fhips had drawn near their coalls : Delaval 
 burnt the admiral, and his two feconds ; and 
 Rooke burnt 16 more before La Hogue.'* 
 
 I Ihall here take the liberty to look into one part 
 of our high critic's/////^ complcat hifioiy. 
 
 Dr. you fay, " I'ourvilk might have avoided an 
 ingagement., had he not received a pofuive order t9 
 fight." We %, this order came to him be- 
 fore the Englifh and Dutch joined, and as he 
 ^. Kad not fought before that jundion, he might 
 "have avoided the battle, if he pleafcd : but as to 
 that, we have already aiugned the caufe of Tour- 
 ville's plunging himfelf'into the calamity th.it 
 
 enfue.d. 
 
 /I 
 
i^rit the Magnamine a-hcad, to make the /anj 
 At three quarters paft nine flie made the fignal 
 
 . Ttoe Viaory at La Hogue, 1692. 
 
 l"^^^;f T.^""" V'F' 'To^i-^il^e ^^r^ eloign alonMe 
 RujJeHflnf, and fought with great fury : but where 
 was this hero, gdod Dr. whenhe fought in afury^ 
 why, according to your account, it was at a fmall 
 (ijjtance :* and then you tell us, this was a verynwrtify- 
 ing defeat to theFrench king, who had been long flattered 
 mth an uninterrupted feries of victories ; but if we be- 
 heve what the Grand Monarch faid at Namure it 
 was fo far fom being mortifying to him, that he 
 made a meer joke of //.^Yet it was fuch a joke 
 as to make godd che old proverb, /// jefling with 
 edge tools. % jj & 
 
 Here follows the advantages. that was faid the 
 linglifh might have gained from tHe viftory at 
 L.a Hogue. They might hinder the French from 
 Jifhing ; put an ahfolutejlop to their commerce -, make 
 their merchants pay what ditties they plea fed, by mak- 
 tng themfehes majlers of the mouths of their great 
 rivers -, and land, without oppofition, upon their if. 
 
 lands, and upon their coafts.^ And, pray why 
 
 may we not do the fame at this day. "^ ' ^ 
 In t word, this clofe-Iaid mifchief of an in- 
 vafion m 1692, ended with the heavieft blow the 
 naval power of France had felt for years : and in 
 like manner the clofe-laid mifchief of an invafion 
 in 1759, has ended with another fevere ftroke 
 which has reduced the naval power of France to 
 a much lower ftate than it ever was before. 
 
 H 2 T^i 
 
 fome dtfiamt ; jhe page 5 3} any one may guefs at the doflar's 
 rcafon for adding the word /.ry, and his^utclng the wo d 
 
 aft?d in part a. poor Tourville h^d done before him. ^ 
 ^ See page 4 2. 
 
 si 
 
 Ml 
 
 ■ H 
 
 -jiymff. 
 
' ■ II 
 
 ( 56 ) 
 
 for an enemy. Obferving, o^ my difcovcriag 
 them, that they made off, I threw out the fignal 
 
 for 
 
 ^he Victory at La Hogue, 1692. 
 * The queen (Mary) was fo well pleafed with 
 the gallant behaviour of the fleet, during the 
 whole adtion, that llie was gracioufly pleafed to 
 fend 30,000/. to be diftributed among the offi- 
 cers and feamen, as a reward, in part, for their 
 faithful fervices. A very laudable^' a5l indeed \ 
 
 Hear the inimitable Prior upon this occafion 
 
 I. 
 The French salmoncos throws his bolts in vain, 
 Whilft the true thunderer aflferts the main •, 
 'Tis done ! to fhoals and rocks his fleets retire. 
 
 Swift vidory, in vengeful flames, 
 Burns down the pride of theirprelumptuous names; 
 I'hey run to fhipwreck to avoid our fire. 
 And the torn vefl[els that regain their coaft. 
 Are but fad marks to (hew the refl: are loft : 
 All this the mild, the beauteous queen has done. 
 
 And Willi AM'sfofterhalffhakes Lewis's throne 
 
 H. 
 
 Maria does the fea command, 
 Whilft Galia flies her husband's arms by land ; 
 So the fun abfent, with full fway, the moon 
 Governs the ifles, and rules the waves alone. 
 So Juno thunders when her Jove is gone : 
 16 Britannia, loofe thy ocean's chains, 
 Whilft Rufl^el ftrikes the blow thy queen ordains : 
 Thus refcu'd, thus rever'd, for ever ftand i 
 And blefs the counfel, and reward the hand. 
 16 Britannia, thy Maria reigns. 
 
 The French, after they had fuftained this 
 memorable lofs, and finding their gafconade of 
 putting to fea a large fleet, was laughed at in 
 
 Enfl'TC" • it'Nilfl- <-iiQ»T «Tr<><.^ .^^1.: ^ 
 
 A-.i»g,jv.i.u, Ttiii^tv tixcjf wviw jiiiui^mg grciit pre-" 
 
 pa- 
 
r Ur n ^ ^7 ) 
 
 ftr thefevenjhips, neareft them to chnje, and draw 
 into a h„e of battle a-head of ttie, and cndeaJI 
 our to flop them till the refi ./ the f^^uadron JhouU 
 come up, who were alfo to form Is they haH 
 that no tme mtgbt he loft in the purfuit. That 
 morning they were in chafe of fhe Rochefter 
 Chatham, Portland, Falkland, MinervarVen! 
 
 cTeven'oVWlT'""'', '" ^^'^ J°'"='' ^^ ^t^""' 
 eleven o clock ; and in the evening the Saphire 
 
 from Quiberon-bay. All the day "we had very 
 
 Tfh- ^ '°''^^''^}'P'Soi»g off under fuA fail 
 .as all hts fquadron could cany, and at the fame 
 nme keep together, while we crowded after hini 
 with every fail our (hips could bear. At half pal 
 /™, P. M. the firft ieginning a-hcad, 1 Ji% 
 ^^"i f'';»!r-S'"S- We were then t > thefouth 
 ward of Be leine, and the French admiral TelZl 
 
 called) while his rear was in adion. About 
 
 ^he Vidory at hA Hoov^, i6c)2. 
 parations for carryinir on the w.,- ,i-. 
 
 to tempt Old England with new offers of ne., . 
 upon this the following lines were wrote f""^ 
 La France lui promet beaucoup : 
 
 Et pour mieux lancer le tonnerre : 
 Le France veut la Paix, pour mieux fai: e la Gu^re 
 Lamjh cfpromlfes, the faithlefs France 
 
 fj^ythe deeper and more fur er wound ■ ' 
 j^f^hatht^ darted thunder ,iay not crr^ ' 
 I^^fues for peace, the better to^cu^ n war. 
 
 '-^1 
 
>T-»1 
 
 ( 58 ) 
 
 four the Formidable Jlruck ; and n, little after, 
 the Thefee and Superb were funk. About five 
 the Heros ftruck,% and came to an anchor, but it 
 blowing hardf no boat could be fent on board her. 
 Night was now coine, and being on i part of 
 the coaft, among iflands and fhoals, 6t which 
 wc were totally ignorant, without a pilot, aS was 
 the greateft part of the fquadron, and blowing 
 hard on a lee fliore, / made the ftgnal to anchor^ 
 and came to in 1 5 fathom water, the ifiand oj Du- 
 met bearing E. by N. between two and three milesj 
 the Cardinals W. half S. and the Steeples of Crozie S, 
 E. as we found the next morning. 
 
 In the night we heard many guns of dijlrefs firedj 
 hut blowing hard^ want of knowledge of the coaft, 
 and whether they were fired by a friend or an 
 enemy, prevented all means of relief. 
 
 By day-break of the 21ft, we di [covered one of 
 
 our fhips difmafled afhoreon the Four, (a large fand- 
 
 bank) the French Heros alfo, and the Soleil 
 
 Royal, which under cover of the night had 
 
 anchored among us, cut and run afhore to the 
 
 wefiward of Crozie. On the latter*s moving, I 
 
 made the EfTex'sy/^w^/ to flip and purfue her j* but 
 
 Ihe unfortunately got upon the Four, and both 
 
 fhe and the Refolution* are irrecoverably loft, notwith- 
 
 ftanding we fent them all the affijlance that the 
 
 weather would permit. About fourfcore of the 
 
 Refolution's company, in fpite of theflrongefl re- 
 
 monfirances of their captain, made rafts, and with 
 
 feveral French prifoners belonging to the Formidable, 
 
 put off, and 1 am afraid drove out to fea. All the 
 
 Effex'*s are faved (with as many of the iR:ores as 
 
 poflible) except one lieutenant and a boafs crew, 
 
 who were drove on the French lliore, and have 
 
 not fince been heard of : 27v remains of both fhips 
 
 are 
 % To the Maonamine^ cornmanded by the noble and brave 
 ord Howe. 
 
 • The brave capt. Obricn commanded her j as did capt. 
 Speke the RefoUr.ion. 
 
 - .f 
 
( 59) 
 m:c fet on fire : We found the Dorfetfhire, Re- 
 venge and Defiance* in the night of the 20th 
 
 r' T;, '""-/'^ ' ""'J^'^' ^^' Swifturef did, for 
 fie IS fiill mtjfnig. The Dorfetfhire and Defiance 
 returned r.ext day, and the latter faw the Re- 
 venge Without. Thus, what lofs we have fuftain- 
 ed has been owing to the weather not the enemy 
 feven or eight of whofe line of battle fhips got 
 out to fea, I believe the night of the aftion. ^ 
 
 As Toon as it was broad day-light of the 
 morning of the 2ift, / difcovered J?uen or eight 
 of the enemy s line of battle fiips at anchor between 
 Penri^-Point and the Villaine ; on which I made 
 the lignal to weigh, in order to work up and 
 attack them ; but it blowed fo hard from the 
 N. PT that inftead of daring to caft the fqua- 
 dron ^ook. Iwas obliged to ftrike the top^galLnt- 
 p^A Moft of thofe fhips appeared fo be a- 
 ground at low-water ; but on the flood, by 
 lightening them, and the advantage of the 
 wind under the land, alt except two got that nizht 
 tnto the river Villaine, ^ '^^ mgof 
 
 The weather being moderate on the 22d, I 
 fent the Portland, Chatham, and Vengeancet to 
 deftroy the Soleil Royal and Heros. The French 
 m the approach of our fiips, fet the firfi on fire, 
 mdfoon after the latter met the fame fate from our 
 people. In the mean time, I got under way, and 
 worked up within Penris-Point, as well for the 
 Jake ot Its being a /^/^rW, as to deftroy, if 
 ppfTible, the two fiips of the enemv which ilill 
 \^y Without the Villaine ', hut before the fiips I knt 
 a-head for that purpofe could get near them, 
 
 being 
 
 * Thefe three fhips were commanded by the captains Den- 
 m», otort, and Baird. 
 
 + -ru ^*'°'"^'' Stanhope commanded her. 
 
r 6o ) 
 
 being quite light, and with the tide of flood, 
 thay got in. 
 
 All the 23d we were employed in reconnoitring 
 the entrance of that river^ which is very narrow, 
 md only twelve foot water at the bar at low-water. 
 We difcovered at leafl fevcn^ if not eight of the 
 line of battle fhips about half a rrile within,, quite 
 light, and two frigates moored a-crnfs to defend the 
 mouth of the river ; only the frigates appeared 
 to have guns in. By evening, / had twelve 
 long-boats^ fitted as firefhips., ready to attempt 
 burning them, under cover of the Saphire and 
 Coventry* : but the weather being bad, and the 
 wind contrary, obliged me to defer it, till at 
 leaft the latter fliould be favourable : if they 
 
 CAN BE BV ANY MEANS DESTROYED, IT SHALL 
 Bli DONE.^ 
 
 ' In attacking a fifing enemy, it zvas impoffibky 
 
 in the fpace of a fhort winter'' s day^ that all our 
 
 fhips fhould be able 'to get into a5iion^ or all thofe 
 
 of the enemy brought to it. 'The commanders and 
 
 companies of fuch as did come up with the reqr of 
 
 the French^ on the 20th ^ behaved with the great eft 
 
 intripidity, and gave the ftrongeft proofs of a true 
 
 ^ritifh fpirit. In the fame manner, I am fatisfied 
 
 would thofe have acquitted themfelves, whofe\ bad 
 
 going fhips, or the diftance they were at in the 
 
 morning, prevented from getting up. Our lofs by 
 
 the enemy is not confiderable ; for in the fhips which 
 
 are now with me, I find only one lieutenant, and 
 
 39 feamen and marines killed, and about 203 
 
 wounded. When I confider the feafon of the ye^r^ 
 
 the hard gales on the day of a^ion^ a flying enemy ^ 
 
 the 
 * Thefe were commanded by the captains Strachan and 
 
 Barflem. 
 
 II Thefe words fecm to be fpoke from the heart, and. 
 
 well becomes fo gallaut a commander .as Sir Edward i» 
 
 univerfiill/ allowed to be. 
 
(61) 
 
 thejhortnefiojtheday, and the coaft Kve weveon,'! 
 can boldly affirm, that what could fojfibly be doiif, 
 has been done. As to the Ipfs we fuftained, let 
 it be placed to the account of the necefTity I 
 was under of nirmin^ all rifles to break this 
 Itrong force of the enemy : Had we had ht 
 two hours more day light, the whole had been to- 
 tally deftroyed, or taken, fer we were almft up with 
 the van when the night avertcok us, - 
 
 Yefterday came in here the Pallay, Fortune 
 Hoop, and Pluto fireniip. On the i6th I had 
 dil^atched the Fortune to Quiberoii, with di- 
 regions to capt. Duff, to keepjirimy on his mard. 
 In his way thither fiie fell in with the Y{^^, a 
 YxtViQ\i frigate of 40 guns, under jury mafis, and 
 fought her fever al hours. During the engagement, 
 lieutenant Stewart, 2d cf the Ramillies, whom I had 
 appointed to command her, was unfortunately killed- 
 the fumving officers, on confulting toeethef! 
 refolved to leave her, as fhe proved too ftrong 
 tor them. I have detached captain Ymns, Vo 
 Qiuberon-bay with fivefhips, and am making up 
 a flying fquadron to feour the eoaji to the ifle of 
 Atx, and if praAicable, to attempt any of th^e 
 Wiemy's ihips rijat mayl)e there. 
 
 The Bnttlh fleet confifted of 24 men oi war, 
 and that of the Freiich of ^bout 25 men of war, 
 great ajid fmall. ^ • * w***, 
 
 I iiave had the pleafure to receive feveral very 
 remarkable and curious particulars relating to 
 this ever memorable vi^ory, from one who was 
 
 an eye-witnefs.— Some part of which, I 
 
 ^^i here take the liberty to lay before yoUr 
 
 The Breft fleet failed the 14th of November 
 
 •beaFHie aWaV {tar Ouih^rr^n Baxr . C:.. T?J.„.„J 
 
 I 
 
 Hawkc 
 
' ■ H 
 
 ( 62 ) 
 
 Iliiv/kc was then under fail at Torbay, and 
 ciredcd his courfe towards Quiheron-; before 
 which place commodore DufF lay, with his fmall 
 iquadron. 
 
 On the i6rh, at night, a vie1:ualler, difpatrh- 
 cd by the Juno and Maidllone men of war, ftrft 
 informed the admiraj that the Breft fleet was 
 failed ; upon this news, capt. Campbell beine 
 preient, our brave commander was heard to fay, 
 
 •ThanV. GoDi THBY ARE OUT AT LAST; and 
 
 immedjately made che fiojnal, the wind blow- 
 ing hard S. by E. and S. directing his courfe 
 with a preft fail. , 
 
 ' The r3tjtthe fleet drove to the northward of 
 
 UfhaPt. • ■ . . . ...... 
 
 . ■ - T he 1 9th the fleet was fleering to the S. E, in 
 .purtuit of the enemy; this day the Maiddonc 
 .and Coventry frigates joined the admiral, and 
 .■were direfled to keep a-head. 
 - On the 20th, about ten minutes after nine iii 
 the morning, the Maidflone made a fi-nalto- 
 the Royal George, of feeing the enemy in tlie 
 N; K. quarter -, this news v. s communicated as 
 f&it as pofTible to the rcll of the fleet, with or^ 
 ders for every fhip to get ready, for aaion.-.—^ 
 The'trqly honourable and brave capt. Keppel, of 
 the Torbay, was then near the Royal Geoft^e 
 and after he had received his orders, he addreffed 
 huufelf, as I am informed, after this manner to 
 the fliip's" company.. ^Gentlemen, I have fail- 
 ed wttb ycu Jome time, I believe you know me. I Jhdt 
 tmfi ic you ; the enemy is near, if we can do mm 
 than any ether Jhip in the fleet. I [hall he happy ; ,// 
 falU J am convinced the next in command will uje you 
 as T have done :— pray let me have no noise • t» 
 your oH,-ters, r^ brave: boys.— ^K refblute failor, 
 cried, -wy "yjiUhave a cheery which was repeatod 
 . • - - thret? 
 
 w 
 A 
 
)rba7, and 
 (^n- ; befoii-^ 
 :li his fmall 
 
 , difpatch- 
 f war, ftrft 
 fleet was 
 >bell being 
 ?ard to fay, 
 -AST ; and 
 vind blow- 
 his coiirfe 
 
 "thward of 
 
 e S. E, in 
 
 Maid (lone 
 iiiral, and 
 
 er nine in 
 fvmal- to 
 
 ny in tlie 
 
 nicated as 
 with or- 
 
 bion. r .. 
 
 >PV^l of 
 I George, 
 addrefled 
 nanner to 
 have fail- 
 ne. IJhdt 
 it do more 
 
 ppy s if I 
 
 >ill uje you 
 
 OISE \ t9 
 
 ite failor, 
 repeatod ' 
 
 thret* 
 
 ( ^>3 ) 
 three times with, the greateft joy, rfnd then eVerV 
 man returned to his duty, which be ins h^rrd 
 by the people of the Roval George, and they 
 taking It as compliments to them, ictnrned the 
 lalute* 
 
 Jn the, mean time, the Magnaminc was fent to 
 make the iand,.and orders was given to the whole 
 tieet,. nott(yquit the j}:np tl^ (Jjould faU^ in ^^ith^tiU 
 taken ^r.^/^r^y.^.^Th,. admiral was -.on thenqar'^-' 
 ter-deck at leven -in the morning, and Continued 
 tnere till ftven at night, giving his orders, ^yith 
 rne utmoit coolncl^ and rdblution-; about half 
 an hour after one, Sir Edward feftrfor his.-ftew. 
 ard, to bring two bottles of wine iipon fhe qudr- 
 ter-deck, and after drinking a glafs himfelf.lvV^/ 
 ing jiiccefs to his ra^j^fs fleet,, h^-^tdavftd. the 
 gentlemen, ftationed there,- to have two glaffcs: 
 
 The ilgnal being given for a generahchace in' 
 the N. di quarter, and the ihips that. was head, 
 inoft to form themfelves as they joined.-^Wheu 
 the French law us, they were all in a duller • 
 and feemed to be in the utmoft confternation ;'■. 
 at firft, they made a feint, as if they were bear-^ 
 mgdown to engage us, and formed three differ- 
 er^t times i whilft we endeavoured to P-et ud to' 
 them as fall as poffible: f the WarFpite, Sir 
 John Bentley, fired the firft broadfide at the 
 enemy, and began the engagement j and in a 
 iew niinutes the Magnamine, Dorfetfliire, Tor-~ 
 bay. Defiance, Refolution, and Revenue, fol- 
 lowed his example ; being the headmoli fhips. 
 
 ■:1 
 
 * At one time there was to he feen. both fleets wf;^^ »»,».. i 
 b^fght" a .ery glor.ous fight, bccaufe, tiie^ fun then ihone vcr J 
 1i iiie morning of the engagement our admiral Was \a\npA hv -. 
 
 •^^^ Duff, wuh .h. o,h.r^>;5«« „„d.. i^ .:"ni!:tt,'i:r; 
 
(64) 
 
 of our flc*t : for the French, were obliged* in 
 fomc fort, to engage -, bccaufe they could not 
 run away. The admiral, in purfuit of the cnc* 
 my, received the fire of 14 {hips, occafioncd by 
 
 their tacking and attempting to get off.- r-C->nc 
 
 faid to the admiral, Will you recei'Ve the fire of tbefe 
 Jkips^ and not returtf it j he very calmly replyed. 
 
 No, NO, HAVE PATIENCE ; WE WILL RETURN. 
 
 IT PRESENTLY-, and then fpying the French* 
 admiral's fhip, (Jike another Ruffel) he called out 
 to the majiery and afked him. Do you see that 
 
 SHIP WITH A WHITE FLAG AT THE MAINTOP- 
 MAST-HEAD ? — Yes, Sir, replied the ma(ber i 
 CARRY ME (fays our glorious admiral) a -lOno- 
 siDE THAT ship: the maftcr inftantly endeav- 
 Oiircd to put his orders in execution. 
 
 In the interim, die Superbe, a French man 
 of war of 70 guns, and Soo men, came (as Sir 
 Edward was pufhing on towards the French ad- 
 miral's ihip) along-fide the Royal George ^— 
 
 Captain Campbell, commander of the fhip, en- 
 quired of the admiral, hawdofe he wotdd pleafe to 
 engage, Hawke gallantly faad. As close as 
 YOU please. Sir. The above Superbe*s gims^ 
 at that time, bore on the Royal George^ and 
 began to fire at her, who returned the compii^ 
 ment ; and in lefs than fix minutes (after the 
 Royal George had given her a fecond broadfidc) 
 Ihe went to the bottom ; or in other words, 
 The guns fo bor'd hr^ that Jhe funk entmUd,- 
 The Magnamine, (lord Howe) as well as the 
 others that engaged, ftridly obeyed the. admi-- 
 rials orders ; but as fiie wai jult engaging the 
 LeHeros, of. 74 guns, and 81.5 men, Ihe had 
 the misfortune of lofing her foretop-fail-yard, 
 the Frenchman took this opportunity of gfetting 
 away under all the fail he could carry : 'but,, my/' 
 
 . ,1. 1 
 
(65 
 
 
 brd, (tvuetolusccntry) immediately, followed 
 him ., as did hkcwife the brave capt. JUockh:itc, 
 IP the Chatham ; the Magnaminc garve the 1 1' 
 l-Ieros two broaafidcs, whillt the Chatha^n rak- 
 qd her i after this Hie llruck to the Maanamine ' 
 It being near dark, and the fea.rura3inK ImrJi na 
 boat could be lent to take poflcmoT^A^T'ana 
 by that means, in the niglzt, fhc flipt her- c^^bks. 
 and ran afhore.f * 
 
 The 1 heiee Ihared the fame fate as tlic Su- 
 perbe had done, by being funk entomb'd. 
 
 it^ Formidable engaged the bra^^ Speke in 
 the Refolution, and was forced to ftrike, and 
 
 liie hflcx and Refolution were afterwards loll 
 upon the rocks, in purluit of the enemy : btit; 
 the night put an end to the chace for the then 
 prefent time The French admiral in the Sofei^ 
 Koyal, anchored among our fleet that night ; 
 but in the morning, as foon as Hie was perteiv- 
 ed, rao alhore in a fandy bay; feven or qkhr 
 of th.,n,my;s Ihip, got/up L river VUl^ne' 
 — H^re follows ajuft account, as it i^ affirmed, 
 of the French lofles in. this engagement. . 
 
 aaioT '"^' ^^ ^^^'''' ^ ^^^ '^^y of 
 
 Eight forced up the river Villaine, wkerrof 
 Uie Inflexible is abfolutely loft : ami h. TS ■ 
 
 % T«s was cerfainly a hsft aftion in the Vr^^u t a. 
 a.A.p ftrilw, ber colours, ami taS n Jr Jr, „I"'*'''' '" '^^^^ .^^hero 
 and afterwards runs away, Jj WhTf tl e r„^ "*?'^' ^"d gr;»nred, 
 f«rve no mercy when thev fall in?n »k/k !. i^\°^ '^^'' ' ^^'^*' ^'e- 
 
 hi8lordftiphas;eceiv.rrdon^ knTJ /''•'^ ?'P ^"^^ «'^'- an&vcr 
 Andrews. late ca?tam of the De/Li! ''^^^^^ ^f* '"T n<^'«r Kinfman 
 mcntwh^readmS 'Efng comtanid'^'T^^^^^^ ^''^ ^"S^Se- 
 
' ■ « 
 
 (66 ) 
 
 French acted in this engagement much rfter the old 
 fort ; I mean that at the battle of I. a Uoguc. 
 
 Two (the Jufte and Northumberland) iup- 
 pofed to be wrecked, or at lead one of them 
 
 Lord Howe, capts. Kcppel, fientley, Camp- 
 bell, Speke, Baird, Young, and others, particu- 
 larly diftinguifhed thcmiekes in this adion; and 
 that to the entire Ditisfadlion of our renowned ad- 
 miral, and were feveralJy thanked in the moft 
 afFeftionate manner, when they came on board to 
 pay their compliments to the admiral after the 
 adion : in fa(5t, it would fill a volume to relate 
 every particular, as to the officers, feamen, and 
 marines gallant behaviour in, before, and after 
 the aftion ; and therefore, upon this occafion^ 
 we may juftly fay with the poet, ' 
 
 But howjhalt thou defcrihe the Iravemn rounds ' 
 Qr-foini me great, where numberlefs are found. ■ 
 
 In truth, we may however fay, it was in one 
 refpe6t, a happy circumftance for the enemy, 
 that the battle was fought in a fhort winter's 
 day ; for if there had been one hours daylight 
 more, their whole fleet would have been 
 entirely ruined 
 
 The French, according to their ufu'al cuf- 
 tom have endeavoured, as much as poffible, to 
 make this victory appear to be a fmall and 
 an inconfiderable affair : but thofe who are 
 well acquainted with their old practice, laugli . 
 at them, and treat them as they have for- 
 merly done their neighbours. 
 
 For the prefeAt let -us leave the admiral puf- 
 fuing and diftrelTing his yanquilh'd enemy ; and- - 
 return to the French court, which fancy pre- ' 
 /,mics to be now at Verfailles. '" '"^'^ ^ 
 
67 ) 
 S C F N E III, 
 
 Enter the D— n, meeting B— ifle. 
 
 Tj« j"~~~ '" '''-"^^y mood 
 
 He wanders thro* the palace : fudden ftarts 
 Ofj,!H emotwn marks his trouhkd brj; 
 
 {Exeunt D— n W fi— ifle. 
 
 ^«.Vj- King, alone. 
 Ohp unhappy ftatei. the wrongs Pve Mered 
 if ''"ckfeyere ; and like a fartheaJTrt 
 Fcjiers -wtthm my breafi, and fains me Zh ■ 
 Since heaven -withdrew the cup of blelTm IL m, 
 ^plunge me in a v>Ud abyfs If Ze.'"^^"^ ""' 
 Who IS there ? 
 
 (Enter Pom— d~r. 
 ;.— ;• -—My gracious lord. 
 
 A. /.. UF-^d--r! how har^smv cafe- 
 
 It drives me to difpair f ^ ^ ' 
 
 Evn monarches have been caji from empire 
 "Tomnskwith the meaneft of /. J^"^"'' 
 
 For your fake, I vow, Sir, a life reclufe • 
 And ^„ a c oyfter mean to 'end my dajf ' 
 
 A. /-. ralk not of vows ' It-i,/.* ^ 
 
 ^, fav'riteftill/^"''- '^"" ^" ^"^ " 
 
 i he ornament and glory of our court • 
 There fhalt thou fhine in beauty's fov'reWn t,nH. 
 A convent was nof mo^. r.,-,. ^-, ^°^ ^ign pride. 
 ■— — . *««,wv iwwu cnarms to hide 
 
 (ExitU, P-^d-lr, 
 
((^ ) 
 
 K. I J. So, npw I iind fome eafe !. returning rcaibn 
 Relumes -her thronc,-^my fadntfs is abated. 
 .Once more i ajn mylelf,- a king and father. ' 
 'Who is there? 
 
 Mnter M. Brog — o. 
 BrQg. My gracious fovereign.— v^ — 
 K, L. Vfiii Bfog — o, ihall immediately tbr 
 Germany. 
 
 Brog.^ Witli pkalure I ernbrace this ^ com- 
 mifllpn. 
 
 £«.^fir D-r 
 
 ' « *fT' 
 
 -n. 
 
 IPC. L. Welcome my fon, I juft ^.vas wifhingyou : 
 
 L-^ d Brogr— a, by my order, is about 
 
 I'o fct wtt for <5erraany. 
 
 D — fl. De?.- father, give me leave to go with 
 nim. 
 
 Brc^.. Your •kig.hnefs aflcs <vhat prudence muft 
 deny : . 
 
 England lias our fleet ;— fhe has got too much. 
 
 K, L. '' No, Lovis, lioldi thy fuit cannot 
 
 be granted •, 
 ** Sould any. ch^ncfe befall thee, I .we^-e hopelefs : 
 *' \ muft not rifk my ai" -^my pafl misfortunes 
 " Have taught mc wifdom, and have funk my 
 
 piroe! 
 Thbti -an my peopsle^^s pkdge 5. nor dare I 
 
 Ime thee : . 
 
 —-Oh V uiiatti feithful counfellx^r is diiarefs ! 
 " So the fad pheafant, ,in the fecret wood ; 
 « W4io oft by fnares or force has lo^ his brood, 
 « Grov/s cautions ilill the more, as.more diftrcfs'd 
 ^* ' Aiid ftarrds hlmfclf the guardian of }iis neft : 
 *' O'er his dear offspring keeps a watchful eye; 
 •' .Nor trulh then fi-om his fight, liH taught 
 
 to fly! (Scene ckjt's. 
 
 cc 
 
 U« 
 
 ■ >t hil m 
 
 ~ — - ■ 
 
 I 
 
ing rcalbn 
 lated. 
 ther. • 
 
 lately tor 
 i^r com- 
 
 hingyou : 
 
 DOUt 
 
 3 go with 
 
 ;nce mnft 
 
 00 much, 
 lit cannot 
 
 hopelefs : 
 i^fortunes 
 ; funk my 
 
 >r dare I 
 
 IS diflrefs ! 
 lod ; 
 
 his bruoci, 
 ? diftrefs'd 
 lis neft : 
 hful eye ; 
 tiU taught 
 ^cene ciojftj. 
 
 I 
 
 C( 
 
 it 
 
 Ci 
 
 r % I 
 
 I have, Sir, with great pleafure, in my fij-ftleC 
 ter, mentioned many dutiful and loyal addreffes 
 that have been prefented to his Majefty upon th" 
 gbnous fuccefs that attended the^B^rarms! 
 
 toltyear, fome of them from North Britain take 
 
 of hh Ma>^ ""'' "f ^'^' '^™'' of 'hTwifdot 
 of his IVlajefty's mmifters, in caufmg to be raifed 
 
 fo many forces among the Highlfnders, wh cS 
 
 has had a very happy effeft in one of thofe ad- 
 
 drefc are thefe remarkable wotds : 
 
 rhf. Pnf /■ ^ ■■^S"'' " "'«^ "orth parts of 
 h,l ffA*"^"? produced moil vifible antl 
 happy effeas, they have broke the force of an- 
 
 Mo '"'T^"- ^""'^ ""^ 'he root of difaf- 
 " tachm.'n. ,^ ""'ted your fubjecls in warm at- 
 
 " men?> '"""' '^'"^ P"*""" ^'^ 6°^^™" 
 
 and ekwf'Vi" T*'' J^'';"'"^ f™« 'he minitters 
 fe,m to mf r t'*"'".! the following words, which 
 
 " W^^v't '''^r ^'" 'P°'«=" »"''°'" *e heart. 
 « fen/n.. r °"'^^'''" '^^"^ "P°n by the pre- 
 
 em occafion, to congratulate your iviajefty on 
 
 « fure JPJ domefticconfequencesofalLmea- 
 " fl. A?''""n^-"'' 'he employing the inhabi- 
 « can alf^"""®"'^',"?" 'he'^publi! fervice.we 
 •' truthi^I!,r"'' ^T'*y> ^"h the greateft 
 " led u'n t ' ^|":.Pi^ced confidence has pul- 
 ed up the root of d.faffeclion in this parrot 
 the kingdo.n, and united to your Maieftv «nd 
 
 '• 1^17±-Y'\ '^t ''""' -h,chS a'nd 
 
 ^^ *^'ent prejudice had eftmnged from both. We 
 
 otkr up our prayers to God for the everlaft- 
 
 •• fuL?!^:' P'"'^ "^ ^°"' "-■■§"' ""^^^^ did your 
 fubjects entertam more juft and gratefol fenti- 
 
 . -"^"tsof yourMajefty'sgovernmfnt. No "1ft 
 wonicnt 13 known, no murmurs are heard, ex". 
 
(( 
 
 i4 
 
 u 
 
 f 70 T 
 
 *' tcpt the munmurs of zeal aaid loyalty, in the 
 " breafts of the moll faithful fubjicds. Impatient, 
 *' while invafion is threatened, of their ov/n de^ 
 t^ fcnceleis condition, and moll defirous of being 
 ". furniUicd with, and trained to arms, that they; 
 may be enabled, (if opportunity prelcnts) ta 
 give the noblcft proofs of their attachment to 
 yoiiir Majcfty's perfon, and to the conftitution 
 f* and government of their country." 
 -. I own to your honour, that I have, with 
 pleafure, read; fomc accounts from Ireland (for a 
 reafon I fhall inftantly mention) wherein are related 
 the duty and loyalty which the Roman Catholics of 
 that kingdom in their addrelfes, exprefs for h;s 
 Majefly, and their zeal and readinefs to join with 
 the proteftants, their fellow fubjefts, in defence 
 ef our mofl: gracious Sovereign and their 
 country, againil our inveterate enemies the 
 French, and as they and we own ourlelves to be 
 the fubjedls of one and the fame prince, the com- 
 mon father of all his people ; howfoever, we may- 
 differ in religious fentiments, it is incumbent upon 
 t-he community in general, of every denomina- 
 tion, to be united, and by that means they 
 ftreiTgthen the. hand of government, and better 
 enable his Majefty, (through the bleffing ofGod) 
 to defeat the wicked projeSs and deiigns of fuch 
 who live under an arbitrary government, who by 
 lofies and difappointments, are become defperate,' 
 and that makes them endeavour to dillurb the 
 happinefs of a free people. The addrefs from the 
 Roman Catholics of Cork to his Grac2 the Duke 
 of Bedford, the Lord Lieutenant, has in it the 
 two following intcrefting paragraphs. 
 
 " We are truly ienfible, (lay they to his grace) 
 of his Majefty's paternal care and tenderneis 
 for his kingdom of Ireland ; and it is with 
 the deepeft ^bnfe of 
 
 (( 
 
 (C 
 
 (( 
 
 
 
 " tiic 
 
y, in the 
 mpatient, 
 
 own dc"! 
 
 of being 
 that they:- 
 ;lcnts) ta 
 hment to 
 nftitution 
 
 i^e, with 
 md (for a 
 e related 
 tholics of 
 s for his. 
 join with' 
 defence 
 id their 
 nies the 
 7QS to be 
 the com- 
 , we may 
 ;nt upon 
 ■nomina- 
 ms they 
 id better 
 ofGod) 
 of fuch 
 who by 
 L^fperate,' 
 :urb the 
 Tom t\\c 
 le Duke 
 n it the 
 
 s grace) 
 
 iderneis 
 
 is with 
 
 " tiic 
 
 f 11 i 
 
 " the proteaion and indulgence we have experi- 
 enced Under His Majefty's mbft mild and mi- 
 cious rei^n. ^uiHj^" 
 
 «4!r^'\'''' g'-^f^ft jrtdignation^, do^ehear 
 ^^ of the threatened hoftile invafibn of thik'kino- 
 ^^ dom, (particularly intended ag^iHrtthefet6^<l:?^ 
 « byant^nemy who, grown dfefperate ' frdin' re, 
 ,, Plated defeats,Vay poffibly make that attdhipt 
 
 as a laft effort, vamly flattered with the iimcT. 
 ,, "f 7 htipe of amftancc here f«)m tht former 
 ^^ attacTimcnts ofourdt4uded predecdTors: • But 
 ^^ fo inconfiftent are fuch fchemes with our pHn- 
 
 cipies and mtentions, that we afTirreyovir skce 
 ^^■\^i ^°^- ^°^'?^' m4rthe^==W' Villi to the 
 
 6f ins Majefty's royal perfon and go .rnment 
 ^^ againft all mVaders whatfOever. And will be 
 
 - TnTf'f^ '"^ '^"'".' ^^ ^"^^ mctifures, and 
 
 « Lw ' P^''' ^'^ ^^^ ^^^e^^e of this icincr- 
 
 •« rn!^'^''' common wrth the reft of his Majefty^ 
 
 "'•m^^rK'' f%y7^*g^^^^ in your great wifdom 
 
 Ihkll be pleafed to appoint. And we think our- 
 ^^ felves particularly liappy, to be imder the di- 
 „ '^;J^^ ^"^ command of fo known an aflertor 
 
 of liberty, and fo important and diftiitguifhed a 
 
 governor as your grace." 
 
 To this addrefs his grace (agreeable to his in- 
 natedifpofition)in a letter to a noble lord, return- 
 
 « ^ ^H^^"^ ''"^^^''' w^^^^f-ein his grace 
 
 expreflbd his fmcere thanks for the addrefs? nnd 
 
 Jiat -he would endeavour, by all means ir^ his 
 
 S'JfJ-/%''"^''''^'^' ."^''^^"2 i^is ndminifrration, 
 their difpofmon of zeal and loyalty, of which they 
 had fet fo proper an eJcample. ^ 
 
 t J? '^^/f ^^.^^s,from Waterford are the following 
 loyal and dutiful ^vnt-Am^n'' 
 
 K2 "We 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
f 72 ] 
 
 :^^^ cio d^li^re, tliat we are ready, at the ha- 
 *c J^<*°^,?wrlive«and fprunes, to repeal andfru- 
 ^^ ftrate a^Uuch attempts (invafions) m any man- 
 ^^...7?er, and hy^ny. means Ws-Majefty /hall be m- 
 V., .cipufly pkafe4 to, require of us. And we hope 
 ^Mitp4empan ourfelves fo dutifiilly to his Maiefty 
 p. W)n every occarion, as may recommend us to 
 ^,,^3 r(?yal cicmenry,, and conciliate the minds 
 ^^ of our proteftant fellow-fubjeas to us, that we 
 ...^may |iv)e l^appily united with them in Chrjftian 
 Aa mfm ^hanty, undep the government <tf the 
 frtmoiyQdi^gmt pnnce, the common fkdier of 
 ^c^ atthis.p^|)%.,.,^^^the fame time that we make 
 ^ --f iT,°'" ^^"^ Vl^feigned tender of our duty 
 v.,and:^4eljty ^^ his Maj^fty, permit us humbly 
 ^^■m. ti^anUufly to acknowledge the wifdom and 
 ..^^.iWticp ot ^ypuc grace's adminiftration, which 
 >, to't It niay be.a^^afy as itjs honourable, is =ovw 
 .rfj.hnceire defire." .*. : 
 
 V.Jo the^ month of December lafr, there was ^^ 
 
 dangerous and infolent multitMde aflembledijeW^ 
 
 the.parhament houfe in Ireland, which tejided-;to 
 
 ,% disturbance of the public peace, which. has 
 
 .been happily fuppreffcd. 
 
 , V;Upon this occafion,- the fober and regular pm 
 ,pf the Roman Catholics expreffed their abhorrence 
 oi luch notous acfls, and in a paper which thev 
 .guiecUo.be read in all their ci.apels in. Dublin, 
 
 _, ,,, -Lelt any limong you fho.uld be TouhhapDv 
 
 ....cieteiiatioq of all riotors, and diffurb^s. of xhe 
 V public peace, and itridly fovbid you tvL to, be 
 -V.^peaatorsoi- fuch alfeHibliesvas we aredeter^ 
 mined to ticckreany of our communion, whoiTi 
 jHjt can dacGver ;o join in diofe tumultuous 
 
 " mobs. 
 
 
 ti 
 
» Tt'' ^".f^'*' '° °"'' ^°^y '«)igion,and to treat 
 f. them with the utmoft fe verity in oUr power " 
 
 . "jXPS thus far humbly prefumed tbTay thefe 
 
 two diftrent matters before yo-r honourf I hboe 
 
 you will permit me to fpeak (though with the 
 
 greateft duty and fubmiffidn) what I knw eon 
 
 cernmg the Roman Catholics of IrelanS, ^ ak 
 
 knS.""" ^ ^'^" '"'^^ '" ■■^'P'^ '" '^ »-gh^ 
 
 \nW^ T^'' "S""^' ^''■' *''« «^<"> why I was 
 
 t£j^'%^ ''i °^ ''«' R°™" Cath^oBctd! 
 drefles was—Some ffcw years fmce my affairs called 
 
 tUMl difpofition IS to converfe with all degrees of 
 
 ^oZ' r ^n""'^^ ?" '" ~"'P='"y wifh many 
 Roman .Catholic pnefn, gentlemen/merchants 
 and traders of that profeffion. As I pkTd towards 
 
 tht & 'of V '^^r™ V '^^"' '"•^ 'efpeftfully 
 I y 1 '°^ *"* Majefty and the royal familv 
 andof the,r readineft to^do every tSinThl' 
 ^7% *° PfonK.te the intereft of 7hegofemmen 
 and the welfare of their native count'ry. !-~'' 
 .%s many of them, iie eld attachment ie badt7l 
 Mnfa«,Uy,and,UFnnch, are nm at an Zd 
 and as we are, from fad experience, fully colvZed 
 
 cZ7f rr'^'",""" ^"'^ beenlluUZTdt 
 u,ved by ihcfe people, mr pretended friends, it has 
 made us detery.uned to have nothing Lore dl-^M 
 them, ,^^ ,u ^^ arifes frontunavoidaU 7ec7f 
 //y.--TJiey_^aho took notice of the lenity thev 
 had met wuh from thofe whom his MaieL i7 
 trufted w«h the adminiftration, in refpKVe"; 
 ^emg permitted tl>e free exercife of thdr rei 
 
 inclination led them to arms, they exprefled me,.t 
 r^^'''^ '>-yJh''uld,>e dehLeIfro:rr^'^. 
 
 ..'^..mmy upon aomnt of their religim. ....that is 
 
 the 
 
! Y ■' .!». 
 
 .,1 !■ 
 
 I :T4 3 __ 
 
 /^ <v,^, continue they, that^^„J„dfo mam of 
 X^TT^ •"'^'^'^"•^^'^"•— When I h«rd 
 
 be sny fuch law or cuftom ftill fubfiftihe Chow 
 ever necefl-ary it rinrght have formerly bee^n) fol; 
 
 «,.t"'*J ^'? '"'■7.'° '"^y *° yo"-- Honour, that our 
 
 fcy It, If J<K>fing batcles Way be termed fach thrh" 
 ^rfe unhappy menbeingimployed in the armies 
 
 t<2lT'"^'^f''''' ^"'i ^hat is ftill a ™^ 
 fZ^^ ",'^"'"ft'mce, they have. beeh oWi3 
 fomemea, (where the- command has fo felfS 
 wflfrT^''°".'Sainft near rebtiw, ,M 
 
 fei!^r! . "^ "f t'"' ''°'' '"'^ '"°" ^^^^"^ 
 
 leverai occalions, hire Roman Catholic tromw m 
 fight her battles and thofe of her allies, andTr? 
 Hk to employ her own fubieds of the fam'l rdt 
 g.«n, when ,t is *lmitted 'on all hknds ttv a« 
 generally as good foldiers as any in the worM 
 
 Now let us review the cafe of the Highlanders^ 
 they were formerly as much difaffefted tl he pre: 
 fent royal ram>!y as the Irilh could poffibly b^ at 
 
 Why, bv emp oy,„g and encouraging them, it is 
 now cx,ntefied by his M.jefty's rearfrfends in the r 
 addre k-s tron, North Britai^, (as before obferved 
 that ,t was a .«y. m.^un ofg<^crnmmt in fo dolna 
 
 O' 
 
 'o' 
 
 * I think b'v'the laws ofTrpIpncJ \^-\^M\cM i^^.^ c 
 r^-«. «.ii« any Of fa. Majeg's'^W^S::;^ 
 
 and 
 
i fo many of 
 len I heard 
 tinacoiin- 
 lere fhotild 
 ■ing (how- 
 been) fo as 
 'anfydfhps 
 es forthjvt 
 
 r, that our 
 fatal expe- 
 /e lii/fered 
 tich, thro' 
 :he armies 
 ftill a verv 
 n obliged 
 ' fell outf) 
 ttion,^afftd 
 ti 'againft 
 
 lid, upon 
 troops tb 
 id yetr re- 
 ame rdt- 
 
 they ai^ 
 orld. 
 danders, 
 the pre^ 
 ly be at 
 le cafe ? 
 •ni, it is 
 
 in their 
 bferved) 
 b doing, 
 
 •eafon for 
 X) foreigti 
 
 and 
 
 [ IS ] 
 and we in the foudi muii .from experic;nce ac- 
 knowkdge thefame, and the more li> becaufe ^v 1^ 
 
 ^ i'.. A%?/?y a^ the rc^al fa^nly, ',whuk:Ill^^^ 
 
 fln^ th.t^ 1? '^' Highlanders, they have aU alo^c 
 
 fh. fi u ^/^^ \" °"' ^'"^)^ behaved bravely iS 
 t\^^ ^eid of battle, where-ever they \ZT Z 
 peared, and I.make no doubt, but in tdlm tSw 
 Will be as remarkable for their loyalty and aftt^ 
 tion to his Majefty and. the royal fLiKdtea: 
 ■ lous 
 
 Fr,* ?■" ^''"'i 'f ""' '■^^■^ •"*" Pnident, in cafe <h, 
 FrencI, .nvafion had gone on, to have iffued a n^SL! 
 t.<m off^rmg a pardon ,o all Iriffi officers, foK ™I 
 fean,. let them be of what religion foever in caft 'th^ 
 
 rama co.^iffirs- .f^inlu'r tz:^:i^r t 
 
 had m the French ; and iikewife trXr^cnttrtat th' 
 ioldier, and fcamen that <,uitted the French ftS^ t 
 )a:ne manner as our own are at thl. ,l,„ j '" ™' 
 
 feiaion»i but If they wiMlt , eilea^' "IrrT'^' ""' 
 hrace thatoffer, that then if th^lfh I . u '^^''^'' '° ""'> 
 
 :.gufnlUheirlaXrfoveSg„n7co:«^^^^ 
 
 Tn/taitt "' ''-'-' - P>'^oner:X^;;r a°t - ' 
 
 commanded the army .•nl,Sfa:d'unTr"a& 
 earl otbtairs, there was i o■rp^^ ^.-it- *• *"' •'^'•\y^i\7 nie- 
 
 •;Hg-.de3. inUuch^tt^rt S;'whn'E^/""' 
 
 (ocmed to thmk it would not be amil to form f J '""' 
 "f them, which, however, did not fce S™e 5'T" ' 
 I'^cl paflports allowed them to go where tliev ^h'„ ' , ^^ 
 P^r, and I alfo remember to I, ,veT.^ ■ ^ °"S'" P''''" 
 ;b™ of there men i„ Eo^.'^^t .l." ^f ili^-T''^ 
 
lous for promoting the intereft of their feDow fub- 
 jefts m die Lowland and South Britain, as before 
 they were othcrwife*. — -Pray fuffcr me to afk why 
 may wc not exped the like behaviour from -lie 
 Xrilh, (hould they meet with the fame treatment 
 trom the government (under proper reftric- 
 tions, upon the account of their religion.)— 
 I muft confefs, I like a man much better, who 
 openly profefTes the religion he is really of. 
 than I do thofc who pretend to be of one religion 
 when they are fecrctly of another, which they 
 
 con' 
 
 * 1 he following paragraph which I read in the Gazet- 
 teer the other day, was ib agreeable and pleafing to me, 
 that 1 hope your honour will permit me to introduce it 
 
 " Laft week that gallant old Highlander M a b c o l m 
 M A c P H E R s o N (who, at the age of 70 went as a volun^ 
 teer to North America) received the facrament at St. Mar- 
 tir s church preparative to his defire of taking the caths of 
 
 allegiance to his Majefty His intrepid behaviour at 
 
 Louifburgh, &c, in 1758, and at Quebec, &c. laft year, 
 where one of his grandfons was killed fighting by his fide, 
 induced his friend, the immortal Wolfe, to give him a 
 commiffion the very day before the adlion, in which that 
 glorious youthful hero fell, nor was the old gentleman lefs 
 refpeaed by the reft of the brave general officers for his 
 cheartul ipirit, and aftivity on every occafion." 
 
 For my ow.- part, fjnce the Highlanders have been em- 
 ploved in the army, I have taken feveral opportunities, 
 both in^Great Britain and Ireland, to cohverfe with mJ 
 fdlow fubjeas, thofe brave and hardy men, and maiiy of 
 them have candidly owned to me, that the good treat- 
 mept ihey had met with had occafioned the chanoino- 
 their former opinion, and that they were ready to lofe^the 
 ^aftdrop of their blood in defence of his Majefty, the royal 
 faoii y, and the.ir native country, whenever their fervlce 
 Ihould be required, againft all its enemies, J which time 
 hi s evinced, that what they Severally /hid were from their 
 
 hearts. -Witnels their behaviour at Quebec, in Qer- 
 
 many, and dk whtrc, j vi ♦ 
 
C 77 ] 
 concca only upon the account of felMi views*. 
 I ftali humbly take the liberty to fum up wluc 
 "i^^etoftyonthcfe heads- -with obfervinA that 
 my lord Clarendon takes notice, that archbifton 
 Laud one of the minifters of ftate in the reig,. 
 a^ J; '''■^"''^ '^ceedinyjy that the kini, %s 
 mjjierjhould k poffiffed m much of the hearts of the 
 people as wa, poffiMe, at kofl that they fhotdi have 
 nojufl caufe to complain, which was very juft and 
 noble m h,m. And as we have fuch good minil- 
 ers at this t,me---it is not to be doubted, but 
 they wi 1 ufe their utmoft endeavours to remove 
 every obftade that has tlie Icaft pretext to hinder 
 his ^^it^y, the father of his people, from reign- 
 ing m their hearts, and by that means it will cf- 
 ftaually dcfti-oy party-dcftinftion, and make 
 ^he kmg the greateft monarch, and his kin.>- 
 dom the moft flourithing in the world. T 
 
 The latter end of January laft, Adm. Hawks 
 returned to his houfe in Weftminfter, after having 
 gone tnro a toilfome, tho' a glorious campaign" 
 when he waited on his Majefty he was moft g°a-' 
 uouOy received, and, as a mark of royal approba- 
 tion, the King fettled upon him a penfion of 
 2000I. a year tor his own life, and for the lives of 
 his two Ions, and the furvivor of them 
 
 This was not all : one of the greateft aflemblies 
 in the world returned Sir Edward, in a public 
 and folemn manner, their thanks, couched in the 
 molt elegant and polite terms, and which, one may 
 % fully Ipoke the lentiments of the people in ^l 
 Beral,as to the grateful fenfc thev have of the mafv 
 and important fervices he had rendered his King and 
 »■'* L coLin- 
 
 .n^^j;l;'j;:E;i:',;^';^^f-r-^^ norconfVquentlyfbrexdudin, ' 
 1..W5 ar,d orivH,! rl .:'.': ^'^"''^•'^^ enemies to an equ.l participaticn of ilidr 
 
 iUrh ir.or 
 
 r"cn wirh both arm:, ?.nA vvclcomL' tl 
 
 ilv /}i!;u!.- 
 
 'articipat 
 
 11 brace cur co 
 
 j^.,. . . , ' •■"■•^ »"-«<-uiiiL- UR- rcTiirr 
 
 ti.V) t9W:trds iliinr tcmnron Ux\i>:r and mother 
 
 untry- 
 
 K- return pf our mil^.-J brethren to tbs 
 
 W\ 
 
 ■\\ 
 
 isj.r 
 
I 
 
 I 78 ] 
 
 country, particularly by the glorious vidlory ob. 
 taincd over the Ercft fleet of^ liclle-Ille-. 
 
 I repeat it again. Sir, that nothing can eivc a 
 greater plcafure and fatisfaaion to all true Bntons 
 than to find luch a fpirit of duty and loyalty to Uh 
 Majefty s perfon, royal family, and governnienr 
 as now prevails through Great Biitain, Ireland' 
 and all lus Majefly's other dominions, in the dilfe^ 
 rent quarters of the world -~ which, with great 
 iubmilfion, is a Urong evidence of our mod gra- 
 cious fovcrcign's glorious difcernment, in makino- 
 clio.cc of fuch able miniilers, generals, admirals. 
 t.c. w-lio, by their refpcaive clofe attention to 
 the difierent afl'airs of the nation, both at home 
 
 and 
 
 V read ot m hifturyj therefore ,t is a pity any incident ^ttcndinr lb r ! 
 
 ncr >' 
 ail 
 
 " To the foe his dreadful force he bend,«." Addis 
 
 ^'!^ t 'Z" '!;"■ ^.":f '^^^'V'-'"!'"^ Ix^P-'" to engage tho French rear fqundron- 
 - a 43 m.j). after oitto fignal \v:is made for the gcnr,,! e.vM-cneiit 
 
 ^ '^^:J;n.nSr^" '""'' ''"' '"'■ ^•^•£--t'->-^ handed our 
 At .j5 rni^n. after three the Frrnch rear admiral ftrnck to the Rcfulution a.id 
 thf- I rench /hip Hero. f.r::rk to the Magnanimr. ' '^ 
 
 A? 13 rmn. attrr four a Fr-nth Mp was ovnfethvthe Torbiy 
 
 ^n.r;^f vj.^rn •' ^7f '"'"'■^'^ ^^S^" '^"^ e«g.2e, a^d in about fix 
 inin. tnc i n nth mipovcrlet. 
 
 At 50 min. nfccr!our left off- firing; and foon after it bccamrd<rJc 
 
 .-r-Tvo tTt"""'' ^"y""<=™'^yF'-'--«ivc what aLundancc of ' work wa, 
 t '^r.r in auout two hours. »'"»'v « js 
 
 May^heavenandG thee well reward. Beneath o„r fiu.fr:.e lind our vine • 
 rnv [,rav ,y and thy care; Thank Heav'n, thnnk Thee, and P 
 
 In gmtilnd. and rra^.'r. a tribute iuilly d.r ; ^' 
 
 r. ,'f ,' ''r' \ ' '",'"'■ <^°'"rl<^tc, I fing but ^^ hat true Hi >or,s f^y. 
 .mil chofen by our King j And what thev fav of Vou 
 
t 79 ] 
 and abroad, have gained tlicm the love and affcc- 
 tion of the people in general, and by the above 
 means, have raiU'd the glory and honour of the 
 britifh Empire to a greater height throughout 
 tlie world, than was ever known before 
 
 I have before Ijioken, and I hope. Sir, with 
 truth m refpeato the flate of the Venetian and 
 hnglifh navies, and the prefent grandeur of the 
 Untilh nation ; which leads me to fpeak of the 
 temper and dilpoiition of the people of Venice 
 to tlieir fuperiors, (when they were efteemed the 
 greatell maritime power in Europe) and from 
 tnence draw a lort of parallel between them and 
 the Britifh fubjcas, as to their prefent difpofition. 
 All thofe arts which owe their fubfiftence to 
 che fuperduity of riches, and which cannot thrive 
 but in the midil of opulcncy, fliined at that time 
 m their greatell fplendor in Venice [ami Co they 
 do at this time in our ozvn Univerftties, and other 
 part^ of Greet Britain and Ireland.] 
 
 The government, if occi^aon required, could 
 have had an abundant and infallible fupply from 
 tne purfes of the people, who paid a profound 
 veneration to tJicir fuperiors, and had an entire 
 and well grounded confidence in them, [and fo 
 have the people of Great Britain the fame veneration 
 for their fupenors, and from a well grounded confi- 
 dence, have freely and williiifjyfuppliea the prefent oc^ 
 cqfwn of the ft ate.] Their laws were wife and good 
 ana the execution of them was committed to 
 none but men of known juftice, probity, and 
 goodnefs, [andfo would our laws be, if feme method 
 could be found to reduce them into fhort and under ge- 
 neral heads, cud at the fame time, relieve the unfor^ 
 tunate dehors, and that of preventing bankrupts, 
 ^pter they have made a true dfcovery, and delivered 
 ^ip all their effeilu fiffering perpetual i^nprifmncni, 
 
 ^ 2 throiiih 
 
L ?o 3 
 
 t>rcugh the ohftincicy of a fciv ttnurJwral creditors •, /;/// 
 we can ivitb truth fay— cur courts in IVeflnivjltr Hall 
 'ivere never filed ixnth ^cnUcmcn of Vior^ kmiin ^ v ■> •>/• 
 
 prcuity^ ciiid go c chiefs than at this day.] 
 
 The fcnatc, Vv^i'.ch is the foul of the rcr-ublic, 
 wp.s filled with men eminent for tlicir worth ;incl 
 ability, and all their views and meafurcs were jvil 
 and honourable, and all their cntcrprizes, to the 
 time of the treaty of Cambray, were fiiccefsful, 
 [^midfo is our parliament, the foul of the Brilifh nation^ 
 * lohic'h hath been filed with gen Jemen cminentfor their 
 ivorth and ability, and many fuch there are at pre- 
 jrnt.] -—Subjects judge of their fuperiors accord- 
 ing to the value foreign nations put upon them, 
 [and fo do the Britifj.] They think tliat the dif- 
 tance between thofe and their Mailers is a more 
 proper llation, from whence iliey may take a 
 view of them, than from the low fituation in 
 which the condition offubje<^s has placed them.-- 
 Philip de Comines afierts, that no government 
 was ever more edeemed than that at Venice, 
 [which is'the ppfent, ami will be ahvays the cafe, 
 (IS to Britain, fuppefnig the fame wife meafurcs of go- 
 roernment are piirfued, which has been latterly the 
 means of making our nation fo refpeElabk abroad. ^^ 
 
 Many authors have written concerning the p-o- 
 vernment of Venice, in all ages and in all lan- 
 guages, fo it is fL".d they have left nothing new for 
 fucceeding writers [and though many have wrote con- 
 cerning the government of Britain and its conflitution, 
 yet feme of them are fo filled with mifiakes, and wrote 
 by illiterate hifiorians, who have copied from partial 
 writers, and are themfelves generally ignorant cf the 
 three laws, the canon, the civil, the common, as well as 
 the martial and ftattite laws of England, that a com- 
 plete and valuable hifiory of this magnificent kingdom 
 can never be expedid, unlefs it is dons at the espence 
 
1 
 
 4 
 
 r Si ] 
 
 <'/ lU flaU, minefs the prinlmz Rmer's F.J, 
 'ind tbc-jo„tn. of the H. ofCo,nm\-\ ^ ^"^""^ 
 
 — 7 '.- — __^ Since 
 
 to return, in l.ls oZto\n1^^P f^'^^^^^^^ 
 mcafurcd to others. rpu^chXn- ^^V''"^"^^"^ '^« ^a, 
 the words of his brother Rr/T ^'^V' ^"'^' ^^ "^"- 
 reign of Hen. VIU. andditrxnritl ' "'°'°"^^'h '"''^•'^tho 
 confers my furpri/c thnf fM k u°^^"" J'"''^' ' ^nd I mu1> 
 of the very fame ofTence h.% ^^m ^'''"'^ ^""^'^ ^e guilty 
 thi. diftercLe oLyfrha. no^ 'T^ "^-'^'^^ ^«^' ^'^^ 
 
 work,- but has, onthecon^.; r/"'^ h'^' A^-/;;,? 
 
 hiftory) feveral fcar^dJoT^ h^e ^e" o '.f^" ^^'f' 
 ot great and v/orthv m^n • "nd F V '''"' P'" "^'^^ 
 Doctor has too implidd" V^'^ r/ ,'? ^?"y '° ^'"^ »hc 
 
 [ecing he has y/4 l^.Xt'tveTa cdf' ^^"''^?» 
 (•fwiiruths may befoc-lled^ Lv 7 r "^-atenrds 
 
 ries, and engrafted hem in^i ''"'l^^l.^^ ^^^^"^ ^ifto- 
 
 ourhighcri.icia fo fr^inf] ,°'"'J' ^^^•""^' ^^at 
 ence h^e was under by ke pit Vf/'^^^ '^' ^'^^ ^"A- 
 ^^^s writing the rei^n o7h£ vm"'P'> ^^^" he 
 
 «i-^n.ons of mankind (if thev are ver fo ,^^^^^^^^^ rercivj 
 
 PcrfluUK-s of other hiiterians, and from ;h;r'^ *"■,' ""''' ''■''''''^' '^'^ <"'- 
 Jf you ricafc, ftile it A Succinct r^Il^'"^ '•'"""'" '"'' ■^■°" '"^'v. 
 TORY of our country :-.nut5horew'nt; r"""^ '"'' ^'''"'''-'-tk Hcs* 
 '"crcy upon thcm.-.-s'e the kaoV'spL " ^^^''°' '^'= ^ord have 
 
 Jo,ooo purchafrs. ^„arr wk I !/^" ,''"^' f" ^^c honour of Biit-in 
 Pu«ng, and fine engr^^lT; J Whether tins laJewas not chiefly owing voton^ 
 
 t SeehisCrit. Rev. theoth..P„.,;„,..r.,.,. ., . 
 
 H^rr. ^.,d, r ,n, mformcd/"t];;;"LeW; /'"''u''^^^"'^ the Dolor's 
 
[ 82 ] 
 
 SIrce all our afrair.s, notwirLRandinc. we ar? 
 CJigagcd m fo expcnlive a war, l;c;ir a'^pleafing 
 
 afpccr, 
 
 ft ate letters, and other auili< 
 
 in the public offices, libra; 
 
 nicttcd pieces, preferveti 
 
 ics, and private collections, 
 materials asf 
 
 iernejs 
 
 he might, in all probability', }uv/e fourui Axh ........ 
 
 vvouIJ have made his hiitory va.Iuablc, rmliha: thtenuc,.^^ 
 cf his nature would probably havejhincd in its full lujire As 
 It is, to fpcak foftly of the above part of the hiftory, it 
 
 ;bou:ids with grofs errors and mill 
 
 it is cftecmed rather an infamous h"bcl tl 
 which caufed one to ar 
 
 es. — As to PoJrd 
 
 ore s. 
 
 years ago) this character 
 
 an a true hiftory, 
 ive him and his woiks (near 200 
 
 v: 
 
 rgilii duo funt altc;- Maro, tu Polidori 
 
 Alter tu niendax illapoeta fait. 
 Or, in other words, 
 
 Tvvo^ Virgils in two dliT'rent ages rife ; 
 
 1- or fidion tliis renown'd *, as 'that for'l'rs f. 
 
 I hope, in the end, there \\\\\ be no ciiifc to inaJrc it uand thus : 
 Twod-£l-rs in two dl(i''n-nt ages life, 
 The firfl: for fic?tion fam'd '■', the laf: for 1— s f . 
 Truth is tnicft pocfy.— Co wj. k v. 
 
 But after all, if the Doctor will be fo good as to quit 
 the little office he bar lately taken i;p, of a Monthly Col- 
 Icaor of pricked fongs, pretty acrolHcs, laics, and udiat he 
 calls criticiims, he. and r-ivc up the Rrv/al Licence, and 
 return to the dignity -'"an hillorian, and', in the firl't in- 
 
 fiance, revife and corre^ his wor;:, — I am perfuaded 
 
 there are many ready to alTnl: him, in pointii'g out the talfi- 
 ties or niillakes as far as appears to them — by which means 
 he will gain not a lupcrjicird but a real cfKcm in the re- 
 public ol- letters, and evidence to the world, that what 
 iwis paifcd in his Hiftory, was owing more to inadvertcn- 
 CT than any malicious defigr,— for moft will allow, that 
 (he Doctor's is a good cafy llilc (like TinJal's, to whom 
 he !j greatly irdebted for the tranHation of K.apin, tho* 
 i;e lias tbrgot to place Rapin's name in the margin of his 
 hi{lr,!y.;— In fi-.ort, if he rcjccls this cordial ad\-ice, and 
 ptihlrs in hi-, prefeirt purfuit, he may depend on it, th.it 
 i<i\i\': are lietermined to ufe him in'tlie miim-r he ufcs- 
 f/.hers ; that is as one famic/ fayo to anotlier, Ycu mcajurty 
 TUM iOr;i ty y^ur b:.Jhd :, furay 1 Ihwc a rigin to jncdinre 
 V'./vr {ivhen Mil hiijc any) by nunc. 
 
 X 
 
 'L^% 
 
ntCi!l'ure 
 
 aipect, ana bein!^ mvf]-lf nU,.^ c u 
 hud the wri^lky" oo ;ir '^ ''''P""""'' ' 
 poems, in hopi o! &"t.TS' '°"'-"f "'" °^' 
 Aat might A!it the 'vS/r. J ""?• "^'^ 
 
 meet wi'tA the fo Uov^ t ^e- wmf 1^"^^^^=°"'° 
 pe"*. with this obfervaVn onlV th I r ' ""f ^^'''^ 
 luch as I thought would .nar.rl '''■"^ "'""'••'' 
 
 aremierted nft<'ad of wh.f ,„ • ,^'^ words 
 
 are printed in it^lk ^''^^ '^^f^^" '" the original, 
 
 i'^.' *-^w;/ I't^d/ldCT thro thP iro^J-,.^ r r-> 
 
 While buxoni pj;^ . 
 
 Glads evVv I e^rt /nH ® ^"^ '," '^-'^'' ''''^' 
 
 A„d th-. poor re <•?:;' 7 """IS" """" 'lo^s%r!e, 
 - ./.A great George, eaUiu. £h.. a., 
 
 jus:^;;^:;i;;!''::;,°l,^-sjYp,ets, .he,.h: 
 
 t-ns proud nati;; ; r;: ,tj'- ^^-a -''.ca- 
 *crs ot peace. ^ 'o : ejcet our lovcreign's of ■ 
 
 ^::^ % ''°:^'J) '--' S".nt ,™ to onn. , 
 
 Aioyalpeople/andajX;^^-""^ 
 
 4v i.x ..n.gc, and mankind\s t]el-g!it, 
 
 ( 
 
 P W-^- 
 
 -J E/<]; 
 
 Coa- 
 
 fl 
 
 II 
 
} 
 
 Confirm'd in vigour, and in mind mature 
 Imager of battle, and of conqueft fure ; 
 Yet half his ftrength he checks, half of his powV 
 \v ith matchlels prudence, he referves in ftore • 
 Superior to rev^enge, he feeks redrefs ' . 
 
 Well-pleas'd, as heav'n firft tries th' extent of 
 grace. 
 
 To win proud nations to his terms of peace; 
 
 So let them timely fliun wide-wafting war. 
 
 And deprecate his thunder from afar. 
 
 Or foon convinced fhall each offender know. 
 
 He patient paufes to fecure his blow. 
 
 And guard his fubjedls, while he ftrikcs ^ is foe 
 
 The f'ulowing lines, before they were altered 
 were addreffed to a gentleman at the head of a 
 oriuer miniftry , -- We think, as they now 
 Itand, they may be truly applied to a prefent wor- 
 thy patriot. 
 
 His Ibte experience, and his patriot zeal. 
 At once upheld the crown and commonweal • 
 Succeeding times his policy confell. 
 And felt fair virtue flaming in his breaft: 
 Whar time Britannia, queen of nations, pays 
 Due vows to heav'n for great P-t's length of days : 
 i eace, clad in robes, and fury bound in chains 
 Convince a thankful race, a new Augustus reigns. 
 
 Now to conclude what we have to fay in rela 
 fion to rue French, they are certainly in a much 
 rnore nulerable condition at prefent, than when 
 thL-y loft the battle of La Hogue j for, ar that 
 nme, tlicy had a company of merchants efr:ib- 
 nrr.ecl at bt. Maloes, who fent lliips an: u?Uv 
 to the bouthSea, from whence they bro- -hi 
 h^>m- a hro;e ticaflirc; and their inland irade was 
 
 very 
 
 m 
 
re, 
 
 his powV 
 ftore ; 
 
 xtent of I 
 
 ;acej 
 
 r. 
 
 e altered, 
 head of a 
 hey now 
 fent wor- 
 
 eal 
 
 3ays 
 
 of days; 
 lains, 
 s reigns. 
 
 in rela- 
 ' a much 
 an wiicn 
 
 at that 
 ts efrnb- 
 anMi?|]y 
 bronght 
 "ade was 
 very 
 
 i 85. ] 
 
 very great, by which means they were the better 
 enabled to mamtain their large armies* 
 
 How is the cafe atprefent? Why, by fending 
 great fums of money m fpecie to Vienna and 
 Peteribourg, as well as to their armies in the em- 
 
 fZ? ^w^'^'^uK^^ '^'^'' means are arained of 
 their bullion ; befides, all the world knows, thev 
 Have not at prefent the above refources :- On the 
 contrary, their inland as well as their foreign 
 trade are in a v^ry difmal fituation j or, in other 
 
 ^ words 
 
 Gen. Wolfe s father and mother, fmce which an frifh 
 gendeman informed me, that the General's father vvas 
 T Ir ° T gf^^i^'"^"' and born in the county of Weft- 
 
 mflv 'nnVh f k' "^^ 'H '' ^^^ ^ ^^^y Mutable fa- 
 ZrL/i''^ ^''" ^°"S Seated there.-I am alfo in- 
 termed, that a monument will be fhortlv ereded to the 
 memory of the General, in the towr of Weftram, in 
 Wnp/^'^ ^' "?' \°'"' ^"^' ^hat a worthy and 
 epitaph to be infcribed on it. 
 
 From the Hawke and the French Cock, 
 
 A FA B L E. ^y Mr. W Howard. 
 
 Triumphant the Hawke in his ftrong Talons bore 
 A ftout chick •clear oft, trom poor Chanticleer tore. 
 The reft were deftroVd, or flew frigh .cd au ay, ' 
 And left the brave Hawke to exult o'- his prey. 
 Whde France in defpair her \^ Spirit bemoans, 
 
 Anil R K^^ ^''^''J Britain's x.premacy owns, 
 
 And Babes yet unborn ,'hai? with Extafy talk, 
 
 <Jr fing, to the praifeof a WOLFE and a HAWKE 
 
 Th Formidabh of eighty ^uns. 
 
[ S6 ] 
 
 words, almofl: ruined. As this is the real truth of 
 their cafe it certainly behoves the French court 
 to keep the bad news they receive, from time to 
 time, as fecret as pofTible, and make the people 
 believe that France will Ibon be as p.ofperous as 
 ever; though they are fenfible, that flie has not 
 been for two centuries in fuch great diftrefs as at 
 this junaure. The famed Tiberius affeded to 
 anfwer, with the moil afTurance in his counte- 
 nance, upon fuch fort of occafions, " Tanto im 
 *' pcnfius in fecuritatem compofitus." And Ta 
 citusfays, "A Prince is unfit to reign, that can- 
 not conceal his fears." It is no doubt but the 
 French would be glad to make peace with the al- 
 lies:-^nould that be granted, we may humbly 
 prciumc to % on the occafion, ^ 
 
 If they would have a peace to hold* 
 
 There's but one way, V/V h^rf/j, Uis true-, 
 I et Juitice ciaims it as her due : 
 
 Let 'em pray lefsf, reftore ten-fold. 
 
 What numbers and the treachVous fword • 
 UnjuHly le.z'd, mud now be all reftor'd ' 
 
 am, 
 
 With the higheft refped, 
 
 R I C H M K' O 
 
 S I R, &c. 
 
 J. G R O V K, 
 
 • The Allies. 
 
 t The French. 
 
POSTSCRIPT. 
 
 M.7^azine, have Xh , '^ The Genthman's 
 
 part by Mr gIovp 1 ^''^, ""S^ntkman-like 
 
 very great refpeft : he hovTev efthin^c?^^ '' ^ 
 
 Re^eftilla ? '/''•■^^'''='' toTRS,rrX 
 Tl b ^'">'''"^' <"• '-&'' Faithful Lovers • 
 
 iniurrd by Time anrl in oil ^ ""'^' "^"^^ 
 
 P?,M;' "'^" ? ftvourable Reception from he 
 
 Pubhc wlio are the beft Judges of what td 
 We :n th., as well a. other KSd, of W t nl and" 
 to^whole Determination I willingly Su^S 
 
 M 
 
 Ilert 
 
88 
 
 POSTSCRIPT. 
 
 ' -», 
 
 Here follows what was intended for ^i?^ Prologue, 
 
 If Love can warm, or Virtue can endear, 
 Both fhall exert their ftrongeft Influence here \ 
 From Art novifionary Scenes we bring; 
 Our Author pours hisStores from Nature's Spring: 
 Like-Shakefpear, true to her direfting Laws, 
 Rules he negleds, while Images he draws, 
 Whofe Looks their varied Charafters impart. 
 And fpeak the native Language of the Heart! 
 
 To-night you fee a Prince betray'd and fold. 
 And Vice triumphant by the Means of Gold ; 
 A Monarch ftruggling with his Chains you view, 
 A Duchefs conftant,— -and a Courtier true ! 
 Virtue conceal'din deep Misfortune's Guife, 
 To Woe fuperior, — and deprefs'd to rife ! 
 Aided by Heav'n, emerging from its fhade. 
 And fhining in the Charms of Truth difplay*d. 
 
 Like fome Advent'rer from a foreign Shore, 
 He brings you home a new-difcover'd Ore, 
 Jn which fome Veins of Wealth you may behold •, 
 Rough tho' the Mafs—it has its Share of Gold : 
 'Tis your's alone the Min'ral to refine, 
 3tamp*d with Applaufe— and make it current 
 Coin! 
 
 The Piece was not rejefted upon account of the 
 Language, but its Irregularity ; yet a Gentleman 
 of Learning belonging to one of the Theatres ex- 
 prcfled his Approbation of the Piece and offered 
 to modernize it, fo as to make the Play fit for the 
 Stage, if a certain Gentleman would confent to it. 
 However as Mr. Grove apprehended this might be 
 attended with Trouble he laid the Piece by and 
 thought no more of it, till th.e unfortunate Death 
 pf tlic brave Gen. Wolfe. 
 
3L0GUE, 
 
 erej 
 
 Spring: 
 v/s, 
 
 rt, 
 sart! 
 old, 
 d; 
 I view, 
 
 ay'd. 
 lore, 
 
 ihold 5 
 lold : 
 
 current 
 
 X of the 
 itleman 
 Ltres ex- 
 ofFered 
 for the 
 It to it. 
 light be 
 by and 
 : Death 
 
 N 
 
 Preparing for the Prefs, 
 
 DETACHED PIECES, 
 
 I. rp HE great Utility of a well-regulated Militia, in 
 X which are introduced many Arguments in Fa- 
 vour of the prefent Scheme, which now ftands fair to 
 be earned into Execution. -Hints in refpedt to the 
 ^eaing Barracks in the different Parts of South Brita n! 
 To which will be added, Various Inftances of thJ 
 Great Hardship Inn-keepers, CoiFee-Houfe-KeeD-. 
 CIS, and Viftuallers, fuffer through the prefjt Prac^ 
 tice of Quartering Soldiers. ^ ^ ^ 
 
 For the great National Bleffing in refpeft to the Mi- 
 
 ferii"-? ""'r' ^'^V^^- ^"^"^'"^ ^° '^^ Honourable 
 general 4 nf d in particular, befides other 
 
 Patriots, for their conftantanS diligent' Attendance in 
 h.r "^ * whilft the Militia Bills were depending, 
 before they were pafled into Laws. ^ * ■ 
 
 ^'^^^}l 'I^K ^'T ^°^i^^ ^"^ ^^ *^^^n «f 3" the 
 Acts that have been pafled relating to the Militia. 
 
 Mroady a Warrior in his Country's Caufe • 
 
 Jt home, a Tully to defend her Laws, 'Anonym. 
 
 By Mr. G R O V E, 
 
 Of Richmond. 
 
 N.B. Thofe who will encourage the Publication of 
 this Piece, by fending useful Hints for Mr 
 Grove, to be left at Mr. Burd's, Bookfeller, over- 
 againft St. Dunftan's Church, in Fleet-ftreet 
 may depend on their being inferted ; and thofe 
 Kr^^^^"""""' of having the Pamphlet, when 
 pubhflied, upon lending their Names and Places 
 ©f Abode, It (hall be fent td them. 
 
 II. A 
 
( 90 ) 
 II. A BRIEF of one of Mafter Griffith's Re- 
 
 VIEWS ;vuh h.s Comments upon feveral wirk , and 
 Arnwers to each ; and to which will be added a Lift of 
 thofe who have been abufcd by the Monthly Re- 
 views, By a Society of Gentlemen. ^ 
 
 N B In this Piece will be an Enquiry into the 
 f 1 M'^^f;'"/'"S Royal Licence's for printing 
 
 other Purpofes, Whether the Perfons, who ob- 
 
 cuTA n , """' ^"""^ within the Defcription 
 of the Aa negating ufalje Tokens and PretenfeTp 
 
 If any of the Perfons, who have been injured in 
 he.r Charaaers or Properties l^y the Revi^JX^^Z 
 
 Le te.F, poft-paid, direfted to Mr. G. Tavlor, to 
 be left at the Lodge in Lyons-Inn, he will undertake 
 to communicate the Letters to the Society, by wTc»n 
 they will be properly confidered, and, ] necclarv 
 Anrwers will be returned to the Parties who Tm the 
 
 N. B. It is faid Perfons injured through the Prac- 
 tices o the IVfent HighVvitics, aL the petty 
 ones called Vdlage Curs, who bark becaufe ?hei'r 
 J e lows do, are remediJe/s both in Law and Equity, 
 out that has not yet been triedf. 
 
 ' ■ » 
 
 ■ 
 
 A C A S E. 
 
 MR. H~rm-~n, a Gunfmith, had invented ^ Art 
 of making fhort Guns, in order to anfwer the pur- 
 poie of thofe of a greater length,which he advertifed ; one 
 of he fame ijufinefs publiftied an Advertifement, where- 
 in he ridiculed the Invention, and faid H— rm— n was 
 
 capable 
 
 rf t ?."" '''" ^'""^"^ the above, one of our high Critics has beqn convlflcd 
 
tith's Re- 
 
 Works, and 
 Ided a Lift of 
 Vlonthly Re- 
 
 iry into the 
 for printing 
 Ufe of for 
 IS, who ob- 
 Defcription 
 Pretences p 
 
 I injured in 
 's, wiJJftate 
 fuftained in 
 Taylor, to 
 I undertake 
 5 by whom 
 f neceflary, 
 lio fent the 
 
 1 the Prac- 
 d the petty 
 -caufe their 
 md Equity,, 
 
 ( 91 ) 
 
 capable of nothlnff but thaf ^r /u , 
 ^-; upon this alrn'o^^^^^^^ 
 and the Caule came on to be trteht T- ^^^^^ht, 
 S-T B- at Guildhall, London Irh^T ^/"'"^ '*" '^^ 
 Tnal expre/Ted high RefemmeTt . "^"^S"' "P«^ ^^e 
 Practices, and the furv wi^hT . •''S^'"^ ^"^h Evil 
 gave the Plaintiff 50 l^bam.t' ^T^ ^'^^ '^^ Bat 
 I>amage laid in the DeclS/"V^'^ T^ ^" ^^^ 
 ment was affirmed upon a fef Vrf ' ^^i'^ -^"^g- 
 fendantpaid near 100 1. coft K.r^ u ' ^"^ ^^eDe- 
 
 fides, there is another In^fr,!?. a "^^1"^^ themP—fie- 
 lers fufFer, from the prS^^^^^^ 
 
 Pretenders often take n'ne o t^n and?^^^' ''' '^^^- 
 pages out of them ; and by thll '"f ^^^t'^es more, 
 gives Gentlemen W Lt^of an ?fl'^^'''/ J^'^^s, i 
 niance, and too often prevents tLrl ""^c'^^ ^''^^^' 
 which is a ereat' n;f/ '"^ ^^^ of the book - 
 
 the Publifhinruref?tec?l-t to Learning,fnd 
 
 Gentlemen will confider wC^ ?^''' ^'^^ ^^ped, 
 lend a Helping-hand to bnt to'V^'^." ^'^^^ ' "^ 
 ment thofe who injure the^rVllS^"^'^" ^""'«i- 
 their Reputations or Pro JertL K^u^''"^'' ^'t^er in 
 aforefairf! ^^^perties by the evil Pradlices 
 
 ted an Art 
 sr the pur- 
 'tifed ; one 
 It, where- 
 m — n was 
 capable 
 
 leen convlfltd 
 
 has dcfii-veel 
 
 the AJiij---! 
 
 ^ I N I s. 
 
'I'o thi P U B L I 
 
 c. 
 
 THE R E has beert, for fome Years, PeN 
 fons who have aflumed to thernfelves the 
 Charaftcrs of Critics, and whet, they aft 
 
 ftrve Honour •Snrh'r-"\'^*"^"'' ""^ T^«'>. ^^^ 
 jcrve Honour. Such Critics, fays the Brililh Steaator 
 
 dwell ratUr upon Excetlencm than ImperfeSUmf a^ 
 
 cmmunuate to ,h mm fuch Things Is InZh ot 
 
 fervation: 
 
 V^U^XrlT^^ 'l'^ Time eo Tir^e in the Re-" 
 
 by the' Wi.ed w:^d"thro^ '^ '^2^1/ app'roved of, 
 
 Holland ^n6. elfewhere in wh?rh .H T u "^"^^ /"' ^'^ ^°°'' '" 
 Journal, or wrote ore^VirtaUo'n ^flt """"^"^ "'^^ ^°P^^^ ^^^' 
 '^^^^o.7J:f;^^^^^^^ " P^'Perly conduced, 
 
 think as he pleafes fnd n/blfn^ l • r ""'f ' •** ^"^^'^ ^^" '"^X 
 proper Reftriflfon ) wi^^^^^^^^^^ Cunder 
 
 from a partial Ceufor r^ nf. . r ['^ °^ ?^^*'"'"g ^ ^^'cence 
 
 Governmentn Church «i3 ^^ /' • " '^^ ^'^^"^^» °* «"«■ 
 fully convinced of thsMa^^ TT? !?''«/ Governors bein^ 
 
 ^r Artifce to fupportU that b^lhTT t f o'^' T'^' ''"'^"' ^- 
 Of the Prefs Se mnr« or^ ''"i'^ liberty of Confcicnce, and that 
 
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 is quite difFerent L pr£t o-^ ' the Cafe 
 
 into fuch an infamous PurVn.>- ?^ .^"^ P'"^ ^"^'^ are got 
 that it makes o rN^tion t I'r" A f^ '° ^ f ?"^ ^^"^^> ^^• 
 wherever, what they caJl tEr v.-r"^'^ d^ragr^eable Ligl^t 
 /-;>/!.//.;, p. 27 ^ '"^^ their Cnticifins, appear abroad. §« 
 
efi Strokes of an 
 ir doubtful to a 
 -ning-^ and they 
 Critic generally 
 that is one Part 
 ri tics, who feJ- 
 n Author (ex- 
 which has not 
 -On the Con- 
 ;heir Criticifms 
 Errors, which 
 weJ] obfervcs,] 
 ^ublijhing a new 
 rn fever al ^af- 
 
 ne beyond afl 
 fence of criti- 
 ' ftiie review- 
 c an impartial 
 leraiiy defert- 
 r Comments, 
 Difpofitions, 
 IS of the Au- 
 '^n them Jay^j 
 * to prejudice 
 Books, and 
 , whofePro- 
 Gppreflions 
 through 
 
 'ardality j and' 
 r Readers not 
 it as their pri- 
 ired to avoid 
 las f the Cafe 
 ritics are got 
 J Abufe, esff. 
 •jeable Ligl^t 
 abroad. Sec 
 
 ( 3 ) 
 ithroughthofeevilPraaices; and all the Recompence 
 .the Parties at prefent meet with, is that of being fneered 
 at, and made the Ridicule of the weak and ilT-natured 
 Part of Mankind, to the Difgrace and Reproach of the 
 Republic of Letters*. ~ Many Inftances of the above 
 Attempts may be produced; but the following true 
 Narrative, it is hoped, wii] fuffice for the prefent, to 
 fhew how bafely one in particular has proftituted the 
 High Office he has taken upon himfelf, 
 
 Mr. Grcve of Richmond, in December, ij^y, pub- 
 lifhed a new Edition oi Shakefptar's Play of Henry VIII. 
 with hiftorical Notes. — Several learned Gentlemen ex- 
 pefled their Approbation of thofe Notes, — one in par- 
 ticular was pleafed to fay in a Letter to Mr. Grove,^ 
 *' The curious and valuable I^Iotes haiv entertair-.dand in- 
 JlruBed me exceedingly^* 
 
 Mr. Gronje had been fonte Years engaged in Work$ 
 of different Kinds (and pubiiflied fcverarLetters in the 
 Gazetteer upon interrefting Subjedls, particularly that of 
 the three Laws, and the State and voiuminous Condi- 
 tion of our Statute Laws, with no other View than to 
 ferve his Country, and for which he has received the 
 Thanks of many worthy Gentlemen) and as he had 
 wrote and printed the Hipry of Henry VIIL and other 
 detached Pieces, he propofed to pubiifh fome of them 
 in a Volume, ^nd advertifed his Intention fo to do. 
 
 ^ 2 In 
 
 *v ^ ^"a T.^^ ^^!f^ Writers purfue is,— They commend, with 
 the moft fulfome Exaggerations, fuch Boo! and Pamphlets that 
 immediately anfwer their private Ends ,• and, on the other Hand, 
 depreciate, with Ridicule or malicious Contempt, many good and 
 valuable Works in which they had no Concern, (after they have ta-. 
 kenmany Pages from theminto what they call their Reviews, j Howl 
 ever It mull be owned, that many have declared that thefe Writers 
 are fo abufive and contemptible that they were not worth Notice ; 
 but. in anfwer ic may be faid, truly ferious and difpalTionate Men de- 
 fpifc nothing ; the moft fevere ill mannered Treatment is not be- 
 low their Contempt, or can ever be above their f orgivenefs, but 
 m Juftice to Mankind dehxands their Reproof. 
 
» I- 
 
 Mc^th, and in T €0^4™ Mr"/"''''= °^ "''^ 
 >ifte?this unheard TTreZent IT' " "^^f *^- 
 
 -nd from °hS>ce Tw: namrl^T T '° '■^" '' ' 
 that the Sale of the ;^I '' '° ^ concluded, 
 diced." '''^ ^°^^ '^'« g««'y preju- 
 
 e'^ /*» Hiftory of the L^l-^T^ Coppir^fl-au. B, th, 2uih«- 
 J>.6i. .B7Z,w|J:,f "4^'-"" °f Cardinal ^^^. 8vo, 
 
 ttardiSy^l-^fe?;7- Jlj" '"""njrf/. P"blithed a Hiftory of 
 
 ■ Notes r Lord help this po^zX?- S' \^^T^" ' »« ''«'• 
 
 ii^iem in commo„'^Se«fera° d inllLo iJl^' '"^ !?"""> ''^- 
 member ever to have mpt u,;^!, V- tj ^ '^W'^- We do not re- 
 
 .ended tif. 0^^ VlT^th'lST 1 '^"'Z^' k" 'f W» in- 
 to be made up of fih ridicS, <!„? threatens the Public, is 
 
 ■ 
 
«A 175^. the 
 Article of that 
 rove was pcr- 
 : then nor yet 
 njuft Manner, 
 5(.T to Griffiths, 
 eviewer of the 
 ifwered feven| 
 •^ World how 
 ~-^ As foon 
 or other was 
 ^en Mr. Grove 
 iro gicd, with 
 ot to fell it I 
 'e concluded, 
 jreatfy preju- 
 
 ^e met with, 
 
 )ubli/hed, in 
 
 hopes 
 
 ows the Article 
 
 ar. Innuhichure 
 Obferttatiensy in 
 
 By the Author 
 f ^olfiy- 8vo, 
 
 ed a Hiftory qf 
 'mkefpear% Play 
 Memory of his 
 ifl^gcs in the 
 ^er : But fucJi 
 ins equaJiy de- 
 ^e do not re- 
 but if his in. 
 the Public, is 
 uch miferable 
 ;^it!" . 
 
 uiLceaea as that the Impreffion is near fold off ». - 
 
 Which' w "n'o'rt:' tr tr; ^'t? "' ""^"«"s Br^; 
 
 compliment or clA^Tml^^Ifr '^" •""ff^'"^' «4.r t, 
 
 nonvithlanding feme "e,;! fe J^' ble iuJLrf "T^ "P'«"'<'' 
 earned Worldfhave aniiiSted on tht Plavf t""/" '^'' 
 
 Jt rather deferves the N^e bf » R^™, v^'^".*'^''"'"''™'.''"^ 
 
 «/ Henry VIII Romance, than the HiJlmc,dUf, 
 
 'arty tt« «i..i„g to t'te DuiS oVS jw ""•"' "" """" »P. Vica;. 
 
 bcjieves 
 

 ■ i 
 
 .. c ^ ) 
 
 fn (iiS:, tlicfe Critics, in many Inftances, ad jn Defi- 
 ance of Truth, Decency, Order and good Senfc ; and 
 
 have 
 
 Jjelieves he was right in having Recourfe to the mod anthentic Mate- 
 rials to compile his Letter ; for the Doftor does not pretend to 
 fay any Part of it is falfe. As to the Letter, Gro've does roc 
 ibink it is fo much out of .Charaftcr as the Doftor would have it } 
 (fuppofing it was addrefTed to Mi.Pitt, which in Realityitwas not *) 
 furely he -mnft kno^v that there is prcfented yearly, a Memorial 
 cf the Tranfadlions of the lall Year, to the States General, though 
 it is prefumed that thefe <tvife States knew what had been tran- 
 
 f^fted as well as he who penned the Memorial. -Here Groije 
 
 might turn the Tables upon the Dodor, by afking him, whe- 
 ther he has not as much Right to addrefs a Letter to Mr. Pitt 
 as the Doftor has to dedicat? his little Hillory to him ? Cro-ve ad- 
 mits the critical Dodor fay? very truly, that Mr. Pitt is a con- 
 fymmatt Judge of literary Merits b,ut much doubts whether the Doftor 
 will have the good Fortune to meet with Mr. Pitt'i entire Appro- 
 bation of his Performance. — Therefore Qro^ue advifes him to 
 fcear, ivithout repining, the juji Cenfure that may he pajjed oh it, and 
 endewjour to mend his Manners Jor the future. See p. 8 1 . 
 
 • Let the World therefore jud«e what Credit is to be given to fuch Sort of Critics, 
 His unfair Treatment to the ingenious Dr. Vail, in the fixth Article, ill be- 
 
 comes one who has afTnmed the ""ime Profeffion. His fuperficial Compli- 
 
 ments to the learnc,, Civili.in Dr. Blachjione, in the eigj^th Article, does not 
 
 . evidercB the Critic's Krio-vledge of the great Cbtrters, or that of the an- 
 
 dent Conftirution of this Kingdom. But to attend a little to this high Critic s 
 
 We admits, all the Hiftorianswere miftaken as to ihe Time when the Charter 
 
 Forrjia v/as obtained, (by which he accidentally includes himfelf as a Copier 
 
 from them, and confequentlyconfefles his Ignorance) owing to their having 
 
 followed the blind Annals of Mattbtiv Paris, which Dr. Bia<kJ}one has confuted. 
 
 Imi tar ores Jervum pecut ! HoR, 
 
 Though the two Univevfities ha*re no Conneflion with Dr. B/acifion^s pub- 
 
 lifh ing the two great Charters, yet this unacademical Critic muft throw out 
 
 Ills wit Ifcfb and iinjuft Sarcafms upon theni, in the following prefumpluou» 
 
 Ejaculation. 
 
 " r?appy would it be for the Republic of Letters, did other Gentiemen in.both 
 our Univerfities follow h'r Example, and exert thofe Talents. improved by 
 Jong Study, by learned Co- .rfation, and particularly affifted by that immenfe 
 Treafure of ancient LeaminK, ufelefily locked up in the Bodleijn and College 
 tibriTies, for the Benefit of the Public, and Men of 'Learning, who are nof 
 bleiFcd with the fame Advantages." — Mrugo Mcral 
 
 To befure, our two Univerfities will be mightily pleafed with our Doflor, 
 tlie high Critics prefuminr: and prefcribing to them a careful Perufal of only all 
 the learned Volumes Iccked up in the Bodleian Lihrary, (stc. — When this new 
 Bt>yfeian J prefcribes hti Dofes, they are fo numerous, and fo large, that we 
 cannot heip crying out m his (and his Brother i?. G.'s) Language, ilffrcy on his 
 Fattents * ! 
 
 t A Diploma, i»/. lo^ A R--y -1 L -— to print Songs,Tales, &c. 8/. 
 See the Table of Fees, taken by our Critics for Licence?, »Vc, 
 * God prefr-ve the King, (be Prince, the Peen, 
 And fend our Critics long may wear tlieir Ears |l« 
 
 II See «.G.'s Sign. - ' 
 
's, ad: in Defi- 
 
 d Senfc ; and 
 
 have 
 
 tanthenticMate- 
 
 not pretend to 
 
 (Jronje does not 
 
 r would have it j 
 
 alityituas not*) 
 
 rly, a Memorial 
 
 General, though 
 
 : had been tran- 
 
 ■ 'Here Gteve 
 
 king him, whe- 
 tter to Mr. Pitt^ 
 im ? C/O've ad- 
 Ir. Pit/ is a con- 
 ether the Doftor 
 ''s entire Appro- 
 advifes him to 
 P^^eJ on it, and 
 i.8i. 
 
 uch Sort of Critics, 
 xth Article, ill be- 
 uperficia) Compli. 
 I Article, does not 
 r that of the an- 
 te this high Critic j 
 !\vhen the Charter 
 himfelf as a Copier 
 ig to their having 
 kfionehify confuted. 
 
 HoR, 
 r. B/acifion^s pub- 
 tic w.uil throw out 
 ving prefuinptuou^ 
 
 pentiemen in.both 
 lentsinriproved by 
 d by that immenfe 
 rl/eijn and College 
 ning, who are nof 
 
 ! with our Doflor, 
 Perufal of only all 
 , — When this new 
 1 fo large, that we 
 ;ua^e, ilffrfy on his 
 
 igs,Tales, &c, S/. 
 
 haw, without any Provocat on, attacliec! fhf n 
 tersoffeveral learned Men, mlueham , "^'^' 
 to be a Reproach to Governmentftfcff " 7'. ?' '''" 
 be owned, n,eh Praftices raife in the C^^alk nf" "'"'' 
 rous fp,nted Men h^gh Keftntment' W confn^""" 
 ly may tend, in the End, to the BrlMfT"'' 
 femg, as disaffirmed, there is no U t^ VunifC'r'L' 
 enormous OiFences as are now commTtt^' ?„ '"'' 
 tence of reviewing the Worfeo~ uTl '"" 
 feally the Cafe, one would think Z^^l tl, • u 
 County ,n the World where fuch Aa.o^: ^^ctfl^S 
 
 A rnodern public fpirited Writer obftrves thirs • ' 
 
 • AT- • . *' P^fC, 
 
 A Lift of thoA: who have betn '}h,-,r^A - - • • 
 c.;m.wiIlbepublifhedinapropS"^^^^^^^ >« ^^^^ ^- 
 
 And herewecannotbutx)bfervpt)iit.t.I u , ~ 
 
 " A Review of the Works of thTRev Mr l^T'\^r ^'''' ^^'^» 
 ;; Profe/Tor of Poetry in the UnlverlTt; of'S? ^^""^^"'^ ^^^ 
 " mark, made on the famein the CV L7 ^■^'^' /"^ °^ '^'' ^^- 
 ;; intheilf.«;^^;?../,^for^l^^^^^^ and 
 
 " ^^ors ofho^Re^ey. s/an imi^aSr'l^^nd^^"^-" ^^^^- 
 - 1'^<^'"^^"%^.'>'W iis ,na,g,a Name 
 And yelping Cntics ^,unt him out of Fame 
 
 ., All that at Prefent can be faid, it is a^Tv'fw f^"' on Genius ^ 
 »ng and good Senfc, as appears n the Lerri ^""?"^h Learn- 
 on namelcfs Perfons ; andThofe uhofe NaT ' ^?'^ ^' ^^'^^^^^^d' 
 thor of the Letter oight not to be furnrf^.T',"''' '^'"?^'"' '^''^^' 
 ment the leaned Mr.^^^X ma^^^^^^^^^^ Treat- 
 
 caufe It is well known that fome other hial, 5 fromthem,- b«. 
 fers hav6 npt efcaped the paniala vJl^. ^nd valuable Chara?. 
 upon their Work Jfrom L^Pl^t c:ll'C''?l' ^^°"'^-"^' 
 taa every one will own that^ knows ^^52^-''^ ^rT' ^"^ 
 mVerfeorinProfe, is /«.., eafy^Tanf inTf^ ^^'-^^ ^^'^ Stile, 
 fore the Rr,^ie^-u:s invidious sAm^kvei ^^''"- ' """"^ '^''■^- 
 lonal Refleftions on him will n-S^ I W"tatipns, and per- 
 
 fearned World. And the A tho^oTtfe'I " ^^"^ '"^'^^ '^- 
 ed, that if any legal Method can h/fn .'""' "^'^ ^« «fi*"r. 
 
■;■■ < ■> 
 ♦ ■'■ > 
 
 
 •c 
 
 <( 
 
 C( 
 
 «c 
 
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 ;; m from the Dignity ot that Office, and frcquenf. 
 Jy turn the Contempt upon themfclves, which they 
 dcfign for others. After all, that Bock is bfti which 
 
 ^^ mofi advances the Intereft of Virtue, the Welfare of our 
 Lountry, and the general Service of Mankind, bydoinz 
 
 - ^£''''''^'^^^r^^^^ofthofe, who deferve well ff 
 tbftr FellQW'Suhje5ls, whether it will fiand the Tefi of 
 the common Rules of Criticifm or not,'* ^ 
 
 The immortal Pope fpeaks of a true Critic thus • 
 
 Modeftly bold, and humanly fevere : * 
 
 Whotoa Fnend iiis Faults can freely fhoW, 
 « mi ^^.^u^y e^if^ ^^^ ^^"t of a Foe 5 
 « ?',? "^''^ ? ^'^^ ^^*^' y« "nconfin'd ; 
 « A Knowledge both of Books and human Kind s 
 
 Gen rous Converfe ; a Soul exempt from Pride . 
 
 And love to praife, with Reafon on his Side • 
 
 ^bens and i^^w^ in better A§es knew. 
 
 ^cbmmd, 20t}^ of Fe&ruaty, 1760. 
 
 E R A R T A. 
 Page 5 after the Words, SecondUtttr, add the Wnr^ ? • d * 
 for Gw/y r. G»a«y : ibid 1 i7Vnr • !? j ^''^ » P- ^' '• » *. 
 
 ^'^lA'l.iox Marks X, Mori 1 jn f«.. nil » 
 
 Page %i. in theiV./., 1. , ,. for *^ ^^ I. 2. forr.;>,«/r. repel 
 
 yjrgilii duo funt alter Maro'*, tuPoIidore-^. 
 Or in other Words, ""''' '* "^"^' ^^i^Poeta^. ^'^^ 
 
 read. 
 
 TjwoFz^ils in tcwo liferent Ages rife. 
 For Ftaion this renonjun'Jas ttat for 
 
 /or Lies I 
 
 ytrgim duo funt, alter Maro, tu Potidtrt 
 Or in Other Worda, ' '" '"'^' '^^/^'^/-V. 
 
 '^^o^irgils in tivo different Ages rifi, 
 tev T ^'"'^'^''''*^'^^''">^'"'dast%isforLi,^ 
 
e* and frequenf- 
 ves, which they 
 ^ock is beH which 
 he Welfare cf our 
 iankind^ by doing 
 ho deferve well of 
 Jiand the Teft of 
 
 ' Critic thus : 
 'cil-bred finccrc j 
 
 4 
 
 \y fhow', 
 
 n'dj 
 
 nan Kind $ 
 from Pride i 
 his Side : 
 lappy few. 
 
 « r. infinuattdi p- 
 
 lunhapfy State, the 
 
 ^<l*"rongthey/,iftr. 
 
 ^^ repeal t. repel 
 
 \tuPolidore\', 
 at. 
 
 ^gesri/e, 
 that /or Lies i 
 
 '* tu Polidon 
 
 ^uit. 
 
 4ges rifi, 
 thh/orUtp, 
 
 I