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MEN Of'kENT.

Gentlemen,

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Take the Liberty of recom-
mending to your Patronage the
following Difcourfe, the Defign
of which is to record the Military
Fame and Character of the late
illuftrious General Wolfe.

I WILLINGLY undertook the
Tafk, unbiafled and unalked ; pre-
fuming, tho' my Abilities were far
unequal to it, (for an Achilles
lliould be defcribed by an Homer,
and an Alexander painted by an
APELLEs)that it would meetwith a
favourableReception,both from the
Novelty of the Compofition, rarely
attempted among us, and the Ex-
cellence of the Objefl: it celebrates.
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Occafion ; becaufe, as it is your
Country that gave Birth to, and
nurfed the Hero, it was but juft
you (hould, on that Account, (hare
in the Elogiums, which are due to
his Merit ; and even pride your-
felves, that, with the general Ap-
plaufe of the Nation, you can
again add to your Lift of Kentijh
Worthies^ in Church and State, in
the Army and Navy, the Name
of a Man of Kentj who is the
Glory of the prefent Age, and will
be the Admiration of the future.

Go on. Gentlemen^ and profper.
May you never want a Race of
Heroes j and may every Man a-
mong you, in the Support and De-
fence of his Country, prove himfelf
a TRUE Man of Kent, which is
the hearty Wifh of, . ^

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'^T^!^^^^ £ *finf out bis Arrows, and fc after ^
t^4.3P®^3j cd them ; and he fiof out Light flings
&i H ^^ and difcomfited thi'm. Thefe are the
'^/vsis^f^^i Words of David, acknow;

ledging,
full of
Gratitude, the Power of God; when
the Lord, his Strength and Buckler, the Horn
of his Salvation, and high Tower, delivered him
from the Hand of all his Enemies, : nd from the
Hand of SauL

The fame great and mighty God, glorious -f* in
Hoiinefsy fearful in PraifeSy doing IVonders, has
lately manifefted his Power and ftretched-out Arm,
in Defence of this Nation -, his Munificence has
/howered down upon us all the Bleflings of Peace,
Tivhilf^ his Juilice makes other Nations feel all
the Calamities of War ; he has crowned our Arms
with fignal SuccelTes both by Sea and Land ; the

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Haughtincfs of our inveterate Foes has been co-
vered by him with Shame and Confufinn j and if,
rcgardlcfs of his Chaftifements, they pcrfill in wick-
ed Defigns, in perfidious Dealings, in violent Mea-
fiires, he will furely level all their afpiring Thoughts
with the Duft, and crufh into Abortion their dc-
ftrudive Machinations.

Wf have always, and now more cfpccially, juft
Reafon to let Praifcs and Thankfgivings dwell on
our Lips, and in our Minds, for the fingular Mercies
it has pleafed God to (hew us. Let us therefore
raife the Voice of Exultation, let us found the
Trumpet of Praife, let us pay the Tribute of
Thanks to the Moft High. This our Felicity,
next to, and under the Direction of his all-gracious
providential Care, we are indebted for to his Ma-»
jefty's wife Councils, which the Event has proved
to have been planned with a judicious Forecafl,
and executed with a no Icfs noble than vigor-
ou6 Spirit. It was thefe wife Councils that mads
Choice of General James Wolfe for the Conquefl:
of i^uebec, the Capital of the French Empire in
North-America. He did not hefitate to obey his
Orders, or cavil with his Inftru(flions ; his Country
called him forth ; he went, fought the Enemy, and
died crowned with Vidtory.

Here, what a Scene, mingled with Glory and
Pity, Joy and Sorrow, Triumph and Mourning,
prefents itfelf to View !

How glorious was it for a fmall Body of Troops,
amidft a Multiplicity of Obftaclcs, almofl unfur-
mountable, to defeat fo numerous an Enemy -, and

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yet we pity that Bravery, that Ardour, that Incen-
tive to H'^nour, that Senfe of Duty, that Love of tlie
Country in the nohle Connnandcr ; hecaulc, as the
moving Spring to animate others with Motion, as
the powerful Example begun and fliewn in himfclf
to lead on to Conqued, he was thereby prompted
to hazard and lole a Life io precious to his
Country !

Hark ! what Shouts of Joy rend the Sky whilft
Briicns cry Victory ! The neighbouring Moun-
tains fend back the Sound ! ^cbec hears it, chilled
with Horrors ; the India?i Nations ftand aftonilli-
cd : But alas ! this Joy, fo full of Confufion for
the Enemy ; fo fweet a Source of Pleafure for
Britons^ is foon marred with Bitter nefs. Britons
fee, with Sorrow painted on their down-cafl Faces,
their General breathing his laft ; they count over,
with Regret, his honourable Wounds ; and while
they bathe them with their Tears, they cannot
help thinking, that, that Victory muil be ineflima-
ble, which required for its Purchafc the Blood of
io great and fo good a General.

Lo \ Triumphs were not wanting, to declare
the Importance of our Conqueft. They were not,
indeed, thofe Triumphs that dazzle the Sight, by
the Splendor of an external folemn Pomp j but
they were- Triumphs in the Heart of every true
Briton, and every fincere Wilhcr to the Welfare
of his Country. Our Nort(j- American Colonies
had long experienced all the Inconveniences of a
more than troublefome Neighbourhood ; they
were delivered up, by an encroaching and rapacious
Enemy, to the Incurfions and Depredations of the

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moft barbarous Savages : Let us draw a Veil over
the Treatment they received, over the unccnimon
Cruelties cxercifcd upon them ; Humanity cannot
flund the Shock of a hare Ri-prelentation ' What
mull: be their 1 houghts when the welcome News
came to them of the Conqaeft of <s>ut'ifec ? Ail
their Fears were difTipated ; the certain Hopes of
future Peace and Security fmiled upon them ; every
Breaft glowed wifh Triumph. Britain^ a fond
Parent, felt the warm Emotions of the dear Chil-
dren fhe had nurtured and educated with fo much
Care. How deeply was Ihe, fome Time ago,
afflided to learn their Diftrefs ? She rode on the
rapid Wings of Tendernels to their Relief i her
potent Arm railed them up ; it bade them follow
to the Revenge of Battle -, and now fhe exults
\vith them in Triumph. O great and glorious
Triumph, how magnificent wouldfl thou have
been, were the Triumphs of mortal Man, pure,
unfullied, and unmixed ! Thy Brightnefs is ob-
fcured, thy Beauties fade, thy Gaiety grows fullcn,
when the Reflcdion Harts upon us, difmal and
doleful Refiedion ! proclaiming aloud, that Wolfe
is dead i Wolfe ! that valiant Captain, whole
aufpicious Condud is the Caufe of all our Tri-
umph. Then, O then, the Eye is (ten to mourn ;
the Countenance in vain recals its Sprightlinefs ;
nav, the whole Body, to Ihew it fympathizcs with
the fincere Regret of the Mind, would willingly
clothe itfelf with a Garb expreffive of Sorrow !

But ceafe, ye unavailing Tears ! Ceafe to flow !
Ye flow without Reafon ! Wolfe is not dead.
He now enjoys a Life of Immortality. His Me-
mory will be for ever dear to Britons, Heaven,

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fumming up his heroic Virtues, judged them t©
be ripe for the Fruition of eternal Happincfs. Yes,
O Divine Being, Author of all good Gifts ! He (|
cjked Life of ther, and thou gavc/i it bim^ even
Length of Days for fver unJ ever : His Glory
is great in thy Salvation^ Honour and Majcjiy bajl
thou laid upon him.

Such are the ineffable Rewards that await Vir-
tue ; (uch General Jamf.s Wolff, is now in the
quiet and undifluibcd PoiTcfTion of •, he now fitg
exalted above the Reach of impotent Envy, which
cannot detract from his Merit ; and this his Merit
will appear in the mod confpicuous and amiable
Light» after pafTing in Review the priucipdl Ac-
tions of his Life.

James Wolfe has a juft Claim to very honour-
able Progenitors. He was the Son of Colonel
Edward Wolfe, and was born at Uejierham^
in the County of Kent^ where he was baptiled
January the i ith, 1726. It is faid of him, that,
even in his earlicft Youth, he had by Words and
Adlions exhibited feveral Specimens of what he
was one Day likely to be : So true it is, that the
natural Difpofition will work its Way, and (hew
itfelf in the Difplay of ingenious Contrivances,
when the Application of Art and Precepts, where
it is wanting, will have little or no Effect. His
illuftrious Parents, who could eafily difcern in him
the Dawn of great Hopes, were affiduous to im-
prove it into the Maturity of ftrong, bright, and
vivid Rays. Every Thing in young Wolfe con-
tributed to fecond their Intentions j he not only

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performed whatever he was enjoined with all the
Alacrity of Inclination, but even his Performance
Was admirable j and the more fo, as it far exceed-
ed his Years. Happy Genius ! deftined by fuch
evident Marks to be the Support and Ornament of
your Country.

These were only the Rudiments and EfTays
of tender Ghildliood : The Flower was ftill in the
VliwCi ; it only gliftened bedecked with the Pearls
of Morning Dew. But, when once its native ge-
nial Warmth began to tranfmit the generous Sap,
it opened, it blowed, into all the Charms of
Adolcfcency, Now we behold young Wolfe,
not inienfibly, but, by a brifk and lively Progrefs,
learning and praftifing all the Duties, and all the
Virtues, that fpread their Luftre on a well-inftituted
liifc. His Apprehenfion was exceeding quick and
clear, penetrating almoft in a Moment into the
deepeft R-ecefles of whatever was neceflary for him
to know : His Judgment, acute and folid, readily
determined him in the Choice of what was beft j
and his Memory, eafy and retentive, laid up for his
XJity as in a faitliful Repofitory, all his precious
Acquiiitlons. Society, as in a Mirrour, could con-
template in him all the Pcrfe(Stions that tend to in-
hance its Benefit. His Friendfliips werq the more
finccre and conftant, as being cemented on the
Groundwork of Reafon ; yet not fo rcflrained to the
Sweets of particular Attachments, as ever to exclude
a more cxtenlive Spirit of Benevolence, which glow-
ed in him, to promote the univerfal Good of Man-
kind. Hence he was polite, affable, gentle, free, and
unrcferved in his Converfation ; no ftiff, fuUen, for-
bidding, haughty, boifterous Airs ruffled the' Sere-
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nity of his Countenance ; and, as his Graces wera
truly engaging, aduated by Horiour, rqiletc whh
Candour, devoid of Affectation, fo none ever refafcd
him tlie kindeft Wifhes of their Hearts.

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' Besides thefe focial Virtues, and many others
which might be enumerated, he poireffed, even \\\
tliofe Years, that Purity and Integrity of Mind,
which made him on all Occafions adhere ftridtly to
the Dictates of Juftice, and withal infpircd him
with fuch a deep Senie of Religion, that the good
Chriftian did not feem ii^ much added to, as to
crown and complete theUniformity of his Conduct.
And, indeed, it was this Senfe of Religion that im-
parted Spirit and Motion j nay, I may fay, covered
with the Shield of Intrepidity, and fitted the Wings
of Impetuofity to, the Courage which afterwards
appeared in his military Character. He was tho-
roughly convinced within himfelf, that he who is
regardlcfs of his Duty to God, will be but a fupcr^ *
licial Obfervcr of his Duty to his Country and
Prince. The Officer whofe Vigour of Mind and
Body is cmafculated by Voluptuoufnefs, whofe Ap-
petites relhh nothing but Immoralities, cannot look
at an Enemy in the Face : He either flies, betray-
ing the daftardly Spirit of a Coward ; or, over-
whelmed by all the Horrors of confcious GuUt,
kneels, deprecating the Vengeance of the uplifts-
cd Arm ready to ftrikc the fatal Blow : Where-
as the Chriftian Soldier, who complies with his
Duty, not by Neccffity, but by Choice j not through
the fervile Fear of Reproach, but for the Welfare
and Glory of his Country, is not abafhed to meet
his Foe i he is feizcd with no Horrors of Confriencc
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f e<5l, Acady, and a<J\Ive ; no Difficulties can ob-
ilrudt his vidorious Sword, nor no Dangers uctcr
him from executing the Purpofe of his Soul.

All the Actions of Wolfe exprefled this Pour-
trait of the Chriftian Soldier, from the very Time
he embraced the Proftflion of Arms, which w^s
fo early as when he was but jufl able to bear them.
Eager to receive Inftrudion, pundual to obey
Command, afliduous to form himfelf and others
to all the Exadnefs of military Difcipline, he foon
merited the Efleem of his Equals, and was ho-
noured with the Commendations of his Superiors.
How wonderfully does Praife operate on an ingen-
uous Mind ! It is its Sting, its Spur, its Fire ; it
roufes, it puflies on, it inflames the whole Man to
atchicve the moil gallant Exploits : Yet Wolfe,
though fenfible of it, was far from being puffed up
with vain Pride : Praife may flatter others with the
Thoughts of Self-fufliciency, with an over Confi-
dence in their Abilities ; but in him its Effeds
were only predominant to the Out-doing of him-
felf in ftill greater and more fpirited Ads.

During the laft War he was prefent at almoit
every Engagement, in which he bore no Inconfi-
derable Part, fignalifing his Courage by vigorous
Attacks upon the Enemy, and frequently his Con-
du(ft, in a very mafterly Manner, amidft Dangers
and Difficulties. No Wonder, then, if his military
Genius was fingled out, as one that promifed to
appear eminently diftingui(hed in the firft Rank.
But, whilft it was thus rifing apace, admired and
applauded by all. Peace lulled to Reft the Horrors
of War, and cut fhort his fond Hopes of gathering
freih Laurels.

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It happens but too often, upon the Declaration
cf a Peace, that both the Officer and Soldier, to
wear down the difagreeable Impreflion of the
many Fatigues and Haidihips they underwent in
the Service of the War, greedily catch at the A-
mufement of every Relaxation, or rather the Bait
of every Pleafure that prefents itfelf. This In-
chantment, fo fweet and ravifhing in the Tafte it
afFords, is fraught with a lure though flow Poifon.
The Defires are ftimulated to a further Indulgence,
and at length Habit fo rivets the Chains of foft
Dalliance, that the martial Hero, encompafled by
them, is furprized, when called upon to exert his
former Valour, that he cannot poflibly find him-
felf. Not fo with Wolfe. Recreation and Plea-
fure never fo prevailed over him as to make him
forget what he owed to himfelf and to his Country.
All the Nerves of his warlike Difpofition were
kept firmly braced j and, ftudious to improve the
important LefTons he had already learned into a
lading Advantage, he wifely made the Eafe and
Leifure of Peace inflrumental to the cultivating of
the Arts of War.

And who but he could fo properly make War
his Study ? Who but he difcovered the mighty
Genius for it ? The more we take a View of this
Genius, the more we fhall be enamoured of it : Mo
Qiiality was wanting to it, which feemed requifite
to form and magnify the Hero. Ancient and
modern Difcipline were equally known to him :
He united the mod (hiniivr Faleiits of tht- heft
Mafters in the Science of Wai* in his own Pcr'on ;
fully per fuaded, that it is not StKcul;i«-i< n, which
may be vain and idle, but Contnva' cc, Indullry,
and Application that complete the Warrior.

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Of this I call you to be the WitnefTes, yc fix
Battalions, that fought (o glorioufly in the Plains of
Minden f All the French Cavalry felt your Shock,
ftriking down and ravaging like a Thunder-bolt.
It was not a wild Force, rufhing forth with preci-
pitate Ra(hnefs, and often fpending itfelf in the
impctuoiity of its Efforts, that broke and routed the
Enemy's Squadrons ; it was the Regularity and
Exa€lnefs of Difcipline Wolfe himfelf infufed in-
to one of thefe Battalions, when he governed it as
Lieutenant-Colonel. By the Inftincl of his Capa-
city it leads the Way in that Field of Fame 5 the
fell fpeed after the great Example : Inclination calls
them to it, and Death is dealt from every Blow of
the invincible Legion !

This is thy Vidory, here arc thy Trophies, O
Wolfe ! I fay again it was the Inftinft of thy
Capacity that conquered in the Plains oi Minden :
Thy Spirit, thy Elevation, Prefencc of Mind, and
Judgment were prefent at the Battle : They guid-
ed the Work thy Hands had fafliioned ; and this
Work overthrew the Enemy, with great Slau^Ir
ter. All Europe heard of it and was amazed f
Britain knew thee, her Son, to be the Author of
it, and therefore fhe now records the Glory of
this Day in her Annals to thy immortal Honour !

When, at the Breaking-out of the prefent War,
the great Minifter, who now fits at the Helm of
Affairs, was making ftrcnuous Efforts to cut off
the Hydra-Head of Fa^ion, and to awake the na..
tional Spirit from the ungrateful Slumbers it was
laid in, Wolfe, frefh with manly Life, appeared
upon the Stage of A^ion, to pun in Prance, for

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General James Wolfe, ^c.

ii:

his Country's Service, the profound Study we have
icen him make in Peace of the Arts of War.
The Minirter's difcerning Eye pointed him out ta
be a powerful Aid to thofe» who, in Right of Se-
niority, claimed the Command, for extcutin'^ his
Defigns .againft Rochfort j though the ill Succefs
of that Affair gave us afterwards Reaffjn to wifh
the Claim had been founded on the Right of un-
difputed Merit, influenced and biaiTed by the un-
feigned Love of the Country. However pure and
upright the Patriot Minifter's Intentions were, it
may be faid, that, his Adminiftration being thea
in its Infancy, and not fo thoroughly eflabliflied.
Feuds, Animofities, and Jealoufies had jiot yet
fubfided ; and that there remained a Deal of the
old Leaven, to corrupt the Mafs of the new, yet
true Syftem of Policy, if it was not purged off by
due Circumfpedion. Time alone, and a true Ef-
timate of our real Intereft, can produce thefe de-
iirable Effedls ; and it is therefore we Hiall leave
the well-proje<Sed Attack of Rochfort in the Ob-
fcurity it has been involved in, obferving only, to
the X Honour of our young Hero, who was Quar-
ter-Maftcr-General upon this Expedition, that he,
with other Officers, whilft our Fleet remained iti
the Bay of Bafque, the Weather being at the fame
Time very favourable for a Defcent, went on Shore
one Night, and walked two Miles up the Country
without Interruption. Every Part of the Beach
was found by him and his Company to be firni
and dry ; no Encampment, no Troops, no Batteries
upon it. All, upon their Return to the Fleet,
preffed the landing of the Troops with great

Warmth :

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\ What is here aflerted may be fecn autheitticated by cur
*. - beft Accounts.

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Warmth ; and, to the very laft, there did not ap-
pear to be any great Body of Men near the Shore,
though fomething looked like an Encampment.

As it was practicable to land ; as no fufficient
Body of the Enemy's Troops or Batteries were dif-
covered to prevent it ; as rfiere was no Difference
in the Situation of Rochjorty contrary to the Intel-
ligence given at Court ; the Failure of the Expe«
dition fcemcd to be chiefly grounded on not taking
or attacking Fort Four as. This was certified by
the brave Wolfe ; who took the Liberty, as he
fays himfelf, of fuggefting his Opinion to Sir Ed^
ward Hawkfy and Ssr jGhn Mor daunt. That he did
not doubt but a Ship of War might batter Fort
JFouras, and that a Body of Troops might be land-
ed at the fame Time, and attack it with Succefs :
He took the Liberty alfo to mention, as he only
had feen the Fort, that, if Sir Edward Hawke
thought proper to make a Diverfion near Rocbelle
at the fame Time, it might engage the Attention
of the Frenchy and give an Opportunity of making
a Defcent between : He further hinted his Opi-
nion, as to fending the Bomb-Ketches out, not
knowing but Bombs might be thrown into Roche/le ;
and he mentioned another Circumilance, in regard
to fending for the Pilot of the Magnamme, who
would inform Sir Edward if there was Depth of
Water fufficient to carry a Ship up to Fouras ;
adding, from the indifferent Opinion he had of the
Fort, a forty or fifty Gun Ship might at leaft an-
noy the Fort, fo as to give an Opportunity of
landing.

Here were Difpofitions worthy the moft ex-
perienced General -, Difpofitions which in all Pro-
bability

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General James Wolfe, ^c. 1 7

would have been attended with Succefs in the Ex-
ecution, if they had been hearkened unio with a
real Intention of doing efFednal Service. The ge-
nerous Heart of Wolfe could not help teftifying
its Regret for fuch a Stagnation in Refolution,
which appeared but too fenfibly : And, as he fin-
cerely wifhed well to his Country, what indignant
Emotions muft have filled his Breaft, to fee an
expenfive and formidable Armament ferve only
the Purpofes of a vain Parade ! Well may Com-
plaints and Murmurings be beard from moil Quar-
ters ; not again ft the Minifter nor the Admiral ;
for their Glory, far from being eclipfed, rofe fu-
perior to all Envy : The Minifter had ftill a Wolfe
who was willing and able to wipe away the Na-
tion's Difgrace ; and this he did, when the brave
Amherfi fuffercd him, uncontrouled, to exert his
Talents for the Taking of Louijbourg.

On § the 2d of j^w;?^', 1758, when our Fleet,
with about a Third of their Complement of Troops,
anchored in Gabarus Bay, the gallant Wolfe,
then a Brigadier-General, in Conjundion with
General Amherft^ the Commander in Chief, and
Brigadier-General Lawrence^ reconnoitred the Shore
as near as they could j and made a Difpofition for
landing in three Places the next Morning, in Cafe
the reft of the Troops arrived. The Weather
continuing very bad, and the Swell of the Sea
high, the Landing could not poiTibly take Place
till the 8th ; at which Time Brigadier-General
Wolfe was the firft that rowed into the Shore
with his Detachment. The Enemy did not throw
away a Shot, till his Boats were near in Shore,
' C and

§ See the London Gazette of jfuguJI 18, 1758.

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and then direded the whole Fire of their Cannon
and Mufquetry upon them. Notwithftanding
their Fire, and the Violence of the Surf, which
made it almoft impra(5ticable to find a Place for
getting a Boat on Shore, Biigadier Wolfe purfu-
ed his Point ; and, landing juft at the Left of the
Cove, took Poll, attacked the Enemy, and forced
them to retreat. Several Boats overfet, feveral
were Shattered to Pieces, and all the Men
jumped into the Water, to follow their intrepid
Leader.

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Many were the Services whereby he afterwards
£gnalifed himfelf during this Siege ; and particu-
larly, when, on Intelligence received that the Ene-
my had dcftroyed the grand Battery, and called in
their Out-polls, he was detached with 1 200 Men,
four Companies of Grenadiers, three Companies
of Rangers, and fome light Infantry, round the
north-eaft Harbour to the Light-Houfe Point, to
filence the Ifland Battery, and at the fame Time
to attempt to dellroy the Ships in the Harbour.
He took Polfeffion of the Light-Houfe Point, with
all the Polls on that Side the Harbour, which the
Enemy had abandoned, with feveral Cannon ; and,
when a large Party of them had crept out one
Morning, to get fome old Palifades and Wood, he
pulhed them in with a brilk Fire; and, taking
Polls on the Hills, from whence it was intended to
try to demolilh the Shipping, he marched forward
on the Right, and forced the Enemy back to Cafe
.Noire, with a fmart Fire. After this, a great
Cannonading continuing from the Town and
Shipping on our Batteries, he was making an ad-
vanced Work on the Right, thrown up at 650

Yards

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Yards from the Covered-Way, with an Intention
of credting a Battery to deflroy the Defences of
the Place. The next Thing he did, was to pufh
on a Corps, and take Poffeflion of the Hills in the
Front of the Barafoy, where he made a Lodg-
ment : And, laftly, a few Days before the Town
capitulated, his Batteries contributed greatly to
burn three of the Enemy's Ships. In fhort, it is
incredible what extraordinary Feats he performed
in this Siege ; and all of them the genuine EfFeds
of his diflinguifhed Abilities, his Conduct and In-
trepidity ; \7hich rendered him a Terror to the E-
nemy, and not withmit juft Reafon the Safeguard
and Ornament of his Country. ,

On his Return home, what Encomiums were
palTed upon him by all Degrees of Men ! But he,
modcft and difcreet, afcribed all the Glory to the
prudent Management of him under whom he
fought. It was a fufficient Satisfa«5tion to himfelf
that his Country had been faithfully ferved, and
that he had done what he thought only his Duty.
Unparalleled Moderation in the Manner of accepting
the Tribute of Praife ! Yet it is by thefe and the
like humble Sentiments that exalted Merit appears
in the Bloom of never-fading Beauty. Pride, and
Arrogance, and Self-conceit will make but a Con-
temptible Figure \ and, notwithrtanding all En-
deavours to impofe by a glaring Outfide, cannot
help fliewing the ridiculous Deformity.

Wolfe then deferved, as the Reflorer of the
Reputation of the Britifi Armsj as the Conquer-
or of Cape Breton with the noble Amhcrjl ; to
ride with him in the triumphal Car of Fame.

Amherfl

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2.0 The LIFE of

jimberji docs not refufc to acknowledge him the
Partner of his Glory : Even without Jealoufy he
felicitates him that others think as well of him as
of himfelf ; and, to declare how eminently he
flands in his Efteem, he generoufly recommends
him to his Country, as worthy of the higheft
military Command. This Recommendation, tho'
powerful, and highly valued by the grateful
Wolfe, did not however carry that Force and
Energy with it as his own Adions. They fpoke
aloud what he was and what he would be ; and,
though filent himfelf, uninfluenced by Ambition,
which he was never known to court through the
Mediation of the Great i intirely paflive in the
Difpofal that might be made of his Abilities, he
was called upon, as the ufeful Man in the Exi-
gencies of the State, to command the important
Expedition againft ^ebec»

There is fomething fecret in Nature, not to be
defined or exprefled by Words, which, on conii-
dering certain Objects, roufes the Paflions from
the Indolency of Indifference, to make them im-
bibe the Delicacies of Refinement, and elates the
Soul with a full Profpedt of Grandeur, Magnifi-
cence, Excellence, and Delight. Such is the
Cofideration of Wolfe's Spirit in the conducing
of this Enterprife ; it is an Objedt that quickens
the dull Lethargy of the PaiTions into the livelieft
Tranfports; we cannot withold our Admiration
of it ; the Soul fometimcs quietly and joyfully
refts in its Contemplation j fometimes (he is
winged into Extafics j for (he finds in it botli
Grandeur and Delight : Not Grandeur and Delight
contradcd within a narrow Compafs, as in a

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Meadow variegated with Flowers, and receiving
an additional Beauty from a purling 13rook, taught
to water the tender Grafs ; but Grandeur and
Delight, vail and extenfive, as in the unbounded
Profpe(^t of Hills and Vales, inumbrated with tall
Cedars, and watered by an expanded River.

Few or none ever before rofe to Wolfe's f»rcat
Reputation in War, till they had firft obtained and
firmly eftablifhed it by repeated Victories and
Commands. He, in fome Meafure, as an unpre-
cedented Example, building upon the Foundation
cf fcarce any other Advantage;; than the Expedlati-
on he had raifed of himfelf, at once gained fuch an
Afcendant in the Love of his Fellow- fubjeds, the
Confidence of the Soldiery, the Eilccm of the
Officers, the Refpecft of the Government, the Fa-
vour of the Court, that all, with undifguifed u-
nanimous Suffrages, placed him in the Summit of
this Command. We (hall now fee how he behav-
ed himfelf in it, how he proved himfelf worthy
of it ; as otherwife a General muft have little
Reafon to value himfelf upon the moft fhining
Succefs.

When * General Wolfe appeared before ^^f-
ifeCf in the River of St. Lawrence, with his
Troops, he found the Obftacles to his intended
Operations much greater than he liad Reafon to
€xpe<5t, or could forefee, and chiefly from the na-
tural Strength of the Country, which the Enemy
feemed wifely to depend upon. To complete
their Security, Succours of all Kinds had been
thrown into ^lebec^ and a numerous Budy of re-
gular
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Tular Troops, joined to the Troops of the Colony,
filled up with every Canadian that wag able to
bev Arms, befides feveral Nations of Savages,
had taken the Field in a very advantageous Situ-
ation.

What was the Profpedt of reducing a Place
which was every Way lo well prepared for a vi-
gorous Defence ? General Wolff, C(^uld not flat-
ter himfelf that he was able to efFe<ft it > yet, with
his little Army, whofe Courage and Rcfolution he
could depend upon, he hoped, if an Opportunity
offered of attacking that of the Enemy, however
fuperior and formidable, he fliould dilconcert
their Meafures by difperfing them, and fo as to
facilitate with Succefs an Attack upon the Town.

The Enemy were encamped along the Shore,
and intrenched in every accefiible Part. On his
Landing upon the Ifle of Orleans, he found it ab-
folutely neceffary both to pofTefs himfelf of, and to
fortify, the Point oi Levi\ and the Weftermoft
Point of the Ifle ; becaufe, from either the one or
the other, the Enemy might make it impoflible foi*
.nray Ship to lie in the Bafon of ^lebec^ or even
within two Miles of it. This Service being per-
formed with little Lofs, he ordered Batteries of
Cannon and Mortars to be ereded with great
Difpatch on the Point of Levi^ to bombard the
Town and Magazines, and to injure the Works and
Batteries. The Enemy, perceiving thefe Works
in great Forwardnefs, pafled the River to attack
and deftroy them j but, falling into Confufion,
they fired upon one another,, and went back j and
the Effe<a of this Artillery was fo great though a-

crofs

General James Wolfe, Qj^r. 23

crofs the River, that the Upper Town was confi-
derably damaged, and the Lower intircly dcltroy-
cd.

The Vailc'^vof h(§ other Dirpofitions, Strata-
gems, and maitcily Strokes of Generallhip, arciliil
i^ recent in every one's Memory, that a Detail of
them is unnecelfary ; and it will he lufficicnt to fay,
that, to draw the Enemy from tlicir Situation, and
bring them to an A(^tion, he at latt formed and ex-
ecuted that great Plan of conveying his Troops a-
bovc the Town, after leaving the Points of Lciji
and Orleans in a proper State of Defence. He was
but juft then recovered from a dangerous Fit of
Illneis, yet his bodily Strength, as if not in the leait
impaired, was fo refrefhed by the Vigour of his
Mind, that he was prefent in Perfon, active, dili-
gent, and indefatigable, wherever any Thing was
to be done or ordered for taking an Advantage of
the Enemy. Thus fulfilling, in his whole Man-
ner, the Charadcr of Cafar ;

Nil aBum refutaus fi quid fipfejli^t agendum.

And now the Enemy being obliged to quit their
Poft, colle<5ted the whole of their Forces, and ad-
varxed to jiive Battle, which they could not avoid.
General Wolfe, in the mean Time, put his little
Army in extreme good Order, and difplayed his
Ranks fo as to ftrike a Terror into the Enemy by '
the Appearance of a far greater Number than he
really had. Cool, provident, and prepared in this
A^Ianner for all Events, his Troops ihewing, at the
fame Time, a Countenance mixed with Alacrity
aiid Steadinefs, he received the Enemy's firil Shock,

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which, as it is cuflomary with them, was very
brifk and animated. But this their Vivacity, from
a little Check, is foon relaxed into the Debility of
unreriiling Languor j the Man degenerates into
Woman, and can only exert a like impotent Strug-
gle. Wolfe -prudently relerved his Fire till he
was within forty Yards, and then it was fo well
continued, and with fo good Effec'l, that the Ene-
my every where gave Way. In this Onfet, a
Mufquet-Ball pierced through, and (liattered the
Bone of his Wrift j but, regardlefs of fuch a pain-
ful and defperate Wound, he immediately wrapped
it up, nnd, quite unconcerned, followed the impe-
tuous Blow he had juft ftruck, giving the Enemy
no Time to recover from the Confternation and
Confufion he had thrown them into. Then it was,
in the Midfl of the Havock he was making, thin-
ning and mowing down their Ranks, that, a fe-
cond Ball paf^ing through his Body, he fell at the
Head of his brave Grenadiers, as they were darting,
like Lightning, to afTail with their Bayonets.

Oh ! Wolfe ; what a melancholly Fall was
this for thy Country, yet, glorious and honoura-
ble to thee, and flill more glorious and honourable
by the Circumftances that attended it ! When faint
and breathlefs, through the Effuiion of thy Blood,
thou wall, by the Mournful Miniftry of a few
>■ Soldiers, carried off from that Scene of Vi(5lory,
ready to proclaim thee the Conqueror of Canada,
thou didft, ftill intent upon ihe Event, raife thy
drooping Head, and check the mighty Conflifts
of thy Soul, haftening to fever herfelf from thy
Body : This thou didd with new Life and Mo-
tion, when the Shout of, Ttjey run, founded in

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General James Wolfe, ^r. 2.5

I in
thy

thy Ears. Thou didft afk, with all the Eagernefs
of ftrong Perturbation, Who run ? and receiving
the joyous Anfwer, that the Enemy were routed,
with a complete and decifive Overthrow, thou
didft reply, in tender Emotions for thy C'ountry's
Succefs, Theuy I thank God, I die contented. Peace
and Compofure, with thefe Words, lealed thy Eye-
lids, and thy Head gently reclining, willingly is-
figned thy mortal Life.

If wc fearch tl^e Records of Hiftory for a Death
like that of Wolfe, (hall we find one, in all Re-
fpecfts, fo Noble ? Many have fought for their Coun-
try, and died in its Defence, perhaps with Sentiments
of Magnanimity equal to his, and with as undaunt-
ed a Refolution to fubmit to the Laws of Fatality j
but how few, under his Circumftances, have gra-
ced Death with fuch attradive Charms, that what
commonly is abhorred as an Evil, feems pleafing,
welcome, and defirable ? We praife then, we mag-
nify fuch a Death ; we exult within ourfelves, that
we can produce fuch an Example to awake Imita-
tion upon a like Occafion ; and we even fay, that
fo to die, is not to die in Effedl, is not to be ex-
tinct and forgotten, but to live in the Memory of
future Ages, till that Duration comes when Tinte
fliall be no more.

Wolfe has acquired that Life of lafting Me-
mory ; none envy it him ; He fiourijhes like the
Balm-tree i andJJ^all be exalted as the Cedar cf Le-
banon ; every grateful Briton has already raifed a
Monument to him in his Breaft ; and Marble
fhall be taught, under the Hands of the Artift, to
pay him its Homage, by all the emblematical 11-
iuftrations of Heroifm it is capable of expreffing :

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But what (hall we farther fay, and what fhalF
we feel, whilft, with admiring Eyes, we furvey
the x^ppar^tus of this condign Pomp, whilft the
magnificent Objefts convey to us an Idea of the
Excellence they rcprefent ? We ihall fay, It is
Wolfe tkaf has deferved all this : We can fay no
more ; we feel the reft ; we feel the bright Effigies
of his Glory making our Bofoms to pant, but its
Beauties are not to be told ; neither can we defcribe
its Height and Depth ; the Imagination wanders
in a Maze, and cannot figure out the cxa<ft Mea-
furement.

If we place this Death of Wolfe in another
Point of View, looking back to the Caufe for which
he died, a Caufe no other than the Love of ferving
his Country ; we {hall have Reafon to lament that
Ardour which expofed him fo much to the Perils
of War, and fet open againft him the greedy Jaws
of Mortality before his Time j we (hall imbibe a
little Tincfture of Jealoufy againft the Monuments
and Trophies, deftined as if too foon to perpetuate
his Memory ; we ftiall accufe as a little too hafty
the putting him in Pofteflion of fuch an Accumu-
lation of Glory. Juft Regret ! juft Jealoufy ; juft:
Complaint ! His Country has fuffered by his Lofs j
fhe now is thoroughly fenfiblc of it ; fhe wifties his
Life had been protra<fled into a full Length of Days ;
and fhe fighs, apprehenfive of not finding a Man
like him to fight her Battles.

Hence is the Source of Tears for Wolfe's
Death, which rcfufes to be intirely dried up j and
hence the plaintive Voice of Grief, which has been
heard from all Parts of the BritiJJj Realms. It

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General James Wolfe, ^c. 27

will flill be renewed with the deepeft Concern,
whenever we approach that hallowed Ground
where his precious Remains are depofited, or vifit
the Monuments confecrated to hisMemory. Thither
we (hall come infpired with a reverential Awe for the
Place ! for the Virtues that guard it^ Precind:s, w^th
Frowns and ftern Looks, bid the Prophane fland
aloof. The pure in Heart and VVell-wilhers to
their Country will come, and mourning in the
Silence of their Hearts, will fometimes Itart with
Surprife, and fpeak within themlelvcs j " Then

Wolfe is dead ? Surely he is gone too foon !

Propitious Heaven lent him only for a Day !

Death found him too fine a Vidlim ! — -And is he
then dead ? He who was the Author of fo much
Happinefs to us ! He who was the Son of Honour,
truly brave, truly noble, friendly and candid, gentle
an^ beneficent, great and glorious !'*

Behold, the Soldier comes ! He whofe Hands
Wolfe had taught and fitted to battle, and whofe
Soul he had filled with Courage and Perfeverance :
He mourns his Lofs in him, the beft of Officers,
becaufe with him his chief Happinefs is vanished.
Wolfe had always a Fellow-feeling for him -, his
Treatment of him was always humane ; and he
never let his Services pafs unrewarded. What At-
fcdion, what Gratitude, what Willingnefs, what
Confidence, what Ardour, muft not Manners fo
conciliating in the General, excite and cherifli in
the Srldier !

And thou, lovely * Maid ! will come : Thou,
to whom Choice, guided by Reafon pointed out
Wolfe as the deferring Obje<^ of thy Afte(itions.
Jhe innate Worth of his manly Soul kindled in

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thee the tenderefl: Sentiments. He gave and thou
didfl catch the Flame : Confcious Love cannot
fmothcr its Fires ; the Glow burfts out, and each
Heart burns alike, and eachHeart colledls itsHeat into
the warmeil Widies for completing a lafting Union.
The Decorum of Life and Virgin-Movlefty poft-
pone the happy Day. In the mean Time, his
Country's Caufe calls Wolfe away. Love may
bid him decline its Support j may paint with Hor-
rors to him the Afpedl of War ; but he, mindful
of the Didlates of Honour, and, above all, of the
Duty he owes to his Country, removes, without
Reludance, from his Sight the Blandifhments of
Love, and all the alluring Sweets of domeftic Eafe
and Felicity ; and, though he fondly may defire
to embrace and enjoy them, for the Sake of her,
and with her, who generoully makes a Tender of
them J yet they ought not, in his Opinion, to take
Place of the Pleafure that will arife from the Con-
fcioufnefs of bavins: done well in the Service and
for the Love of our Country. The Way to thefe
Pleafures is befet with HardHiips, Difficulties, and
Dangers ; to the other fmooth, eafy, and fecure :
Yet it feemed not fo eligible to Wolfe, who knew
the ineflimahle Value of the pure Satisfa(ftion of the
Mind, and, at the fame Time, did not flight the
Gratification of Senfe, if it was in his Circumflan-
ces immediately confiftent with his Honour. Thoa
alfo, illullrious Maid, Mirrour of thy Sex ! thou
couldcft not delight in the Man in whofe Honour
thy difcerning Eye did perceive the ieaft Stain.
Thou waft as tender of Wolfe's Honour as he
could be himfelf : He flew with thy Approbation
and good Wiflies to the Field of Glory, and fanci-
ed himfelf fufiiciently happy, if he ccTuld at his

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Return lay at thy Feet his Harvefl: of Laurels.
Alas ! thou art too fenfible how he was prevented j
thy Sorrows need not be renewed ; for the dear
image of his Virtues is fo often prcfent to thy Mind»
that every Time thou wouldefl gladly drop a Tear
into his Urn.

EvExNT fo, as Brifons now their Wolfe, the yew!;
formerly lamented their Jucicis Maccabeus. Ihey *
he^vniied him, and all Ifrael made great Lamentati-
ens for him, and fnoiirned many Days, faying, hew
is the valiant Man fallen that delivered JiVael I Juil
was the Caufe of their Lamentation ^ for he fought J
'withChearfulnefs the Bat tie of\ frael . He got his People
^reat Honour , and put on a Brcajl-plaie as a Giant ,
and girt his warlike Harnefs about him, and he made
BattleSy proteBing the Hofi with his Sivord. in his
A5ls he was like a Lion, and like a Lions IVhelp
roaring for his Prey : For he purjued the Wicked,
and burnt up thofe that vexed his People. Where-
fore the Wicked fhriinkfor Fear of him, and all the
Workers of Iniquity were troubled, be caufe Salvation
profpered in his Hafid. His Memorial is blefjedfor
ever. Cannot we fay, after a clofe Examination of
the Features of this Pourtrait, but that Wolfe ex-
hibits a very fti iking Refemblance of them ? His
moral Chara(fler ihewed the Judas Maccabeus in
him ; his military Charader is only clouded by the
Number of Judas s fignal Vidorics ^ but his Exit
was as glorious.

EpAMiNONDAS, thc pTcat Tht'ban Captain,
(whom Wolfe alfo rcfembles, as dying, like him,
victorious over his Enemy) being ailved, which of
his Frieads he loved bell j anhvcred, that they

* I Macub, c. ix. vcr. 20, 21, % IbiJ, c, iii. vcr. 3, 4, 5,6.

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mufl all die before he could be pofitive in deciding
the Degree they held in his Efteem. The fame
Thought has been adopted and improved by o-
thers, but by all with the Intention of inculcating,
that none can be deemed ti uly good and happy
before they die, Death alone being the Tefl: of their
Acflic^ns, fo far as it points out, by a juft Meafure,
the Depravity and Redlitude difcoverable in them.
If Britons were now afked the Queftion, which of
their Generals they love ^^0: 5 they would anfwer,
withcxit Hefitation, Wolfe j becaufe the Conduct
of his whole Life was invariably the fame, great
and good, and Death authenticated and ratified this
Greatnefs and Goodnefs, by affixing her Seal to it
with an indelible Imprefllon. Other Generals, re-
nowned in Hiilory for being great Mafters in the
Art of War, appear in a very contemptible Light,
when diverted of the external Pageantry that
obfcurcs the Deformity of their Adions in
private Life : They are then the mere Man,
and not the Hero. The Succefs of their Enter-
prizes, however obtrufive of the Ideas of Pomp
and Grandeur on weak Minds, cannot ex-
tenuate the pernicious EfFeds of their Ambition,
or Avarice, or Luft, or Cruelties, or Oppreflion.
To gratify thefe inordinate Pafiions, they waded
through a Sea of Blood j they led Armies in-
to a Field of Slaughter -, they taught them the
Way and Manner of butchering one another ;
and, in the End, inflead of fighting the Bat-
tles of their Country in Support of its own Inde-
pendency, or the Rights and Liberties of M'^.^kind,
they proved the mercilefs Deltroyers of God's
Creatuies, and the Violaters of the moft facred Laws
of human Society. Death often feized upon them

General James Wolfe, ^c. 3 1

ih the Midft of their Havock and Outrages, and
tranfmitted them, as they deferved, deeply branded
with the Ignominy of their enormous Giiilr, to the
Horror and Deteftation of Pofterlty. Not fo with
Wolfe : Without Ambition, Avarice, or any other
Vice, his Talents were employed in Defence of the
Independence of his Country, with which the
Rights and Liberties of Europe are intimately con-
neded : As another yudas Maccabeus, he fou^rht
with Chearfulnefs its Battle ; his People by it \ot
great Honour j he burnt up thofe that vexed his JPeo-
pie ; Salvation profpered in his Handy and his Me-
morial is blejjed for ever.

Great God ! jufl: and terrible in thy Judg-
ments, with what an humbling Blow to Humanity
haft thou ftruck us, by the Death of our beloved
General James Wolfe ! But, Lord, if thou doft
unlheath thy Sword, it is not to deilroy, but to
mend ; it is not to blaft our Hopes, but to make
them fpring with a fuller Bloom •, it is not to crufli
us under the Weight of thy Vengeance, but to
teach us to rife fuperior to all Dilafters. Thou haft
in James Wolfe fet an Example to our Generals
and Officers, that, by faithfully copying after it,
they may learn to relinquifli voluptuous Eafe, def-
pifc Dangers and Difficulties, and, when necefTary,
fall glorioufly, like him, for their Country. Stung
and quickened by noble Emulation, behold they
make ready to run for the Prize in the fame Courfe
of Glory. It is Pitt, who, with thy divine Provi-
dence,was appointed the tutely Genius of this Nation,
that leads the Way with Precept. Thy Wifdom has
repleniflied him with the good Gifts of deliberating
maturely, judging foundly, counfelling fecurely,

ordaining

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ordaining exaftly, and executing efFedtually. He
has introduced the Bleflings of Harmony and good
Underftanding between our Commanders both by
Sea and Land > they now no longer obft:ru<ft the
Nation's Welfare by Contradi<5tions, Diflenfions,
and Difobedience. Oh ! may the Blefling conti-
nue ! And may we never want a Pitt, under
the aufpicious Influence of his Majefty, to find for
us another Wolfe ; whofe Lofs, though we are
iincerely affli<5ted for it, thy all-gracious Care, O
God, has abundantly compenfated, by preferving
to us his Like in Amberjly Monckton^ iomonjheni^
Uawke^ and Saunders I

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LATIN and ENGLISH.

To perpetuate the Memory of General Wolfe.

LATIN.

^ Sifle Viator,

Et hie contpmplare,
Quicquid nobile excelfumque concipi potcft,
Confentite in clogium
JACOBI WOLFE.

Excultus omni virtute heroica,

Turn verbo, turn exempio, fub tulela patris ejus

Edwardi Wolfe, Tiibuni Militum ;

Jam vix adulta aetate, indolis in obfequium pronus,

Militaris vitae munia amplexus eft.

Bellatorcm fumma diligentia effingens

Se, inter praelia cum hoftibus commifla, animofum,

Inter pericula interritum, inter angiiftias providumy

Praeftitit.

Ob prsBclarum ad res bellicas ingenium,

Faventibus celebcrrimis Ducibus,

Sub quibus ftipendia fecit ;

Ad ampliflimos in exercitu honorum gradus,

Continuata ferte, eve(Stu& ti\.

Nativus ejus vigor, cum dllciplira

Quam ipfe lecunrium leges pvacfinitas obfervandam inflifuits

Maxima laude in Cohone, quam arte bellica erudiit,

Enituerunt :

Quum in Campis juxta Mind am,

Suo exempio quinque aiiaium f udia accendens,

Irrpetu una fbdlo, fulminis infiar,
Ab cis, Gailicus Equitatus fulus, fugatulque fuit*

Credite, Pofleri !
Totius Europe Annales rem fa6t;im declarant.
Marcus ejus ardor ct loleitia apud KtcfifOBii^AM,

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Abnuente Profed^ionis miKtaris Praepofito, coercita ;
Clare in fubverfionc Ludovici-Burgi,
, * Emicueru^t.

^ Plane ilium dixeris cum Amherstio

Expugnatorcm Promontorii-Britannici :
Fortes non invident Fortibus j
Generofo animi fui inftituto eum obfequi pafTus eft.

Nunc dignus habitus fummo imperio praecfle ;

Q^U E B E C U M,

'Jrbs primaria imperii GaHici in America Septentrionali,

Defignatur tanquam optabilis vicS^oria,

Quam eximix illius dotes promittunt. ^ *

Are oim Natuiid conjurSrat

Caftellum inexpugnabile efficcre ;

Sed ille inter tot res arduas, et difcrimina impa.jiust

Scandit rupes, et prtecipitia ;

Urbem infertorem in cineres redigit j

Contra fe ingentes Canadje copias educit ;

Eafque parva manu, (militum vix quinque millibus)

At ftrenu^, vegeta, et in pugnam alacri,

Profligat, fugat, magnaque cum llrage profternit.

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... Viftori^, proh 4oloi ' .. * .

Vix ei triumphantibus lucb radiis illuxit ;

Jam jam eum CanaduE Debellatorem denunciatura,

Quiim oppletUs vulneribus advertb pe^ore rec^ptis

Glorioie'ante'aciem dimicans cecidit.

Oaudetc, et lugete, Britanni !

Gaudete ob Aelictlatem rerum veftratum.

Sub tanti Ducis aufpiciis :

Aft mortem lugete tarn boni viri

Cijus mores Evangelkse puritatis exemplar

Eum mortem oppetere aequo animo patatoque pro patrlil,

Edoctierunt.

In perpetuam tfjus Memofiam,
' Hocce Monumentum fpeciali juflli

Senatos, PopuLiQtJE Britannici , 1^
Pofitum fuit
Anno reparatae Salutis
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ENGLISH,

Stop, Paflenger !

And here view whatever is Grand and Noble,

Summed up in the Charadkr

JAMES WOLFE.

His Mind being adorned with all heroic Virtues,

Both by the Precept and Example of his illuftrious Father,

Colonel Edward Wolfe j

*' He, early in Life, as the Choice of his natural Difpofrtion,

Embraced the Profcffion of Arms.

With indefatigable Induftry forming fhc Military Man,

He fhcwed himfelf

•Gallant in Aftion, intrepid in Danger, circumrpcdl in Difficulties ;

And being foon fmglcd out as a true Genius for the An of War,

With the Approbation and Applaufe

Of the great Officers he ferved under.

Was honoured, in a conftant Succeflion,

With the moft diftinguifhed Pofts in the Army.

His innate Courage, his Regularity and Exaftnefs ofDifciplIne,

Shone confpicuous in the Corps he had hin^felf trained up.

When animating five others by itsExample in chePlains of Minder.^

The French Cavalry, by the Impetuofity of their EfFortsi

Were broken, routed, and difcomfited.

Pofterity I believe it :
The Annals of all Europe attcft the Fa«3. "

His martial Ardour and 'Capacity,

Retrained by fuperionr Command at Rochfort \

Were fignal in the Overthrow of Louijbourg.

You may ftilc him,with/y/n/'^r/?,theCoNQUEROR oi Cape-Breton -

The Brave do not envy the Brave ;

He let him act according to the generous Purpufe of his Soul.

Now'thought worthy of a Command in Chief ;

C^U E B E C,

^he Capital of the French Empire in "^North- Amercw^

is mside the Objedl of the important Conqueii,

£j^peded from his great Abilities.

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Aft hid cofjfptred with Nature
• To render the Place impregnable :
- But.hei unidauNted ainidft fuch a Scene of Diificultles^
*^ Climbs over Rocks and piecipicei,- ,.», '
v^^. Lays the Lx>wer Town in Afh's,
Dfavb otit the numerous Force oC Canada againft hini»
And with icfs than five thoCifanii Mm
But ftout, vigorous, and ardent foi Battle,
"^T / vi'B-outs and defeats them with great Slaughter. .^

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Hadfcarce dawned upon him with triumphant Rays of Ligjktj^

Ready to falute him,

The Conqueror of Canada^

When he fell gloriouily.

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^ ' .. W Rejoice that yoar AtriMS have profpered
*;» ,3 ' **^"^ Under the Coiklu^ of fo^grcat^a General \
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.f^ . ii; Tfais Monunient'wa#ered)ed % the fpecial Command
\f%t ^;^^- Of the-5rirr/2. Sen^ate and People.

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