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LOCiiiKL, Chief of Cameron Chni. siiKHiDKX, an IrislDitan. clanjianald, Chief. APPIX, KIOPPOCK, " GLENGAKRY, " GLEN'COE, " JOHNSTONE, '•' iiECTOK, 5 ^'^'"^'^ IIHlManders— friends. wii.ocKS, the Harper. JiMMiE, the Pedler. COL. GARDINER. DUKE and Ojflcers. FoRijivS, Magistrates, Citizens, Soldiers, and Ilifjhianders. MAiiY in love with Exeas. JENNIE, LADIES. I ^ ^:i PELXCE CHARLES EDWARD, OR THE KEBELLIOX OF 1745—46. I 1 i' I ACT I. SCENE I . hlc of Mull.— A Eujhland Cottage.— ¥.m:\ii sitting hy the fire. .Eneas. A cloud upon my spirit hovers, And its shadoAV, on the present pathway of my life, Cling to the objects that I love the best ; And all my endurance the necessity demands, To reach the bright beyond. bright beyond ! so clothed Avith modesty, Tliat rather should precedence take : And Avitli one beam of thine own natural worth. Drive all these gloomy scenes away, That rudely thrust themselves before thy genial glow, And make poor hope to die a thousand deaths ; And faith to reach thee through such scenes of fear. [Door of cabin opens., no one enters, hut the dog jumps up friendly., and is seemingly repulsed.'] O unreal to half the windows of my soul ! l! "50566^6 TOINCB C„ABI.ES EDWARD, 'Neath my d arwT?" '"''■' '"?« "f-'f"'/ Yet felt, Tu , ;;7a ;l:r''' ^""Z »--"' ^- -on. Calls up the stro'nS 'S12 T"''' '"''^'•'=-^' «'-"l'^ Twined withm fi,^; . ^* ^^^^ Doth my soul frel th «nn f '''"^""^ ""^'''"out ! In the inner re^t^T "' ^°"^*'"»" '"^'' ''-'f cesses J Us mysterious d,ve]Iin.p,„oe. In envious spite at its stability SJru;h?r'"'^'"°^--«-wfoe Upon the bosom ofthe placid lake Desports itself in tyrant g,ee;' ^^Sgmg the sounds its victem', 1„ ,.• As though it felt ,1. , '''■*'°" niakes Just now tit P r"""" °^«"««oss : It met me as I turned the cliff OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 46. And hugged me with so fierce a rush As tliough I was his mortal foe, and feared that I'd escape ; So I did fear some spirit moved upon the blast, Quivering it with its vital throes ; the angry winds Tossing the clouds, disturbed the face of Heaven Mocking the efforts of the gentle light to give a single ray ; Giving darkness undisputed sway : And while the sounds these vexed disturbed elements. In angry glee gave forth ; Methought I saw a spirit And as the apparition alighted from the wind, Great Fingal's cave such echoes gave Unto the troubled night. As though within its pillared aisles The mighty chief; Awakening from slumbering centuries. In anger smote his ancient wondrous shield. Eneas. Imagination, thy imagination surpasses dreams. Hector. Dreams, I'd rather be the simplest votary of a Than robe myself with hated unbelief ; [dream For in the dim and misty ages of the long buried past ; Our fathers felt within the elemental strife. Their buried warriors in spiritual throes Unseen, with the unseen powers. Upheaved the mighty unseen elements ; Manifesting their new vitality, eternal as great nature And as great nature, in her greatest laws, Known only by effects. Eneas. Stop, guide in knowledge, speculation end ; For faith steps lightly in the rear of knowledge, Or, knowledge is a faith illumined. t^l G PUINCK CIIAllMCS JDWAHI), St()[), let iiu! liiiish, to tlic iiatunil cIcMiKMitrt I'd fain not «ri\(' my soul, but to my iUn\. Our futluTs of a later day, their fathers' superstitious To (he winds hav(^ hui'led from whence they eamo. Yet gave no knowledge in return ; Have i^tripetl the rags from otf our souls And left them hare : IJare as the philosophy they have called From out themselves and nothing. Eneas. Nothing, what is something? Hector. This great eternal consciousness of lil'e. That manifests itself in every conceivable form : That contains everything and always must ; Therefore anything that ever was in it Must always be in it, it being a something Nowhere and nothing being comprehended in it, There being nothing outside its infinitude Therefore that Avhicli is something must always be in it Tliis n-reat eternal thing around That in unchanging manly power is found: AVhicli even seeming in death springs to new life : In its own nature in regenerative resuscitation rife That w'hen this visible compound is gone, Another comptj.uided of itself shall stand, the Sou. It but the developement and di\ ision of the act The containing of a fact within a fact ; The original and intended spirit made miiversal By the Great Author's own powerful revisal. Eneas. Take care you don't get nowhere : Reconcile, scolding leave for discontent. Hector. XoAvhere may be better than somewhere OK Till-: uKm:r,Li()N of 171;") — 4<>. Hill a sonu'thiii;:: must bo somcwhoro. Vcl 'tis tlioy that slioiiM liavo iccoufilcd, Tlicir (lammMl doubts and cursed uid^diof, Tliat like aruu'd fiouds, nuirsbidcd by tlioir niiuds, Assailtu], and almost slew My youn;!,- and untrained soul. [imparts. Eneas. Hast ('on(iuered, l!n :i the combat streugtii Hector. I had not con([U(M*ed, I was slaiu, Foi' man can ne\ er coiujuer when such thini>s assail ; One ray of truth amidst the dai'kness gleamed, And by that li^ht, I saw the tieiids" that on mc pressed ; And that «^reat truth was Jill my own misdeeds, That fathered all my evil thou<»:hts ; Calling for eompauy of the doubts and fears Sinful falleu man has marshaled for his friends ; I then did cry and, wretched as I was, I sonuht for hope mito that glorious Li;^bt, That wonderful celestial picture of overliving good ; And his glorious beams have cured my soul Of a worse thing than death. Eneas. Should bo worse than death ; For death ever cometli as a friend. [too. Hector. Yes, but you know wo fear him and rightly He runs with other laws and only to good is friend. Is there that man, or hath he lived, Within tlie length and range of time, So vain, that in his vanity would oppose God's liat, the universal law of death. I nnist away. Eneas. The eye alone doth magnify. The object shares no change ! li" 8 PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD, Ard SO the miud may change things as it will, Yet things remain the same ; So let thy words, and thoughts take form, That in iheir reality of deed they may be judged, [preach. Hector, True, let ev<^ry preacher live as he doth ilneas. O world ! O world ! O world of care ! Of fear,, of doubt, of hope, of thought ; Of great things unexplained ; O thou great life ! what art thou? What art thou ? but the great court of God. Should we not trembling walk thy venerable halls In fear of the Great Judge. O mind of man thou crystal element Through which my soul views all these things ; Thou wonderful reflector given to my soul. Disturbed by every ray that finds thy depths, And thou thyself disturbing every ray To give thyself less rest ; And though thyself only in extinction having rest ; O sleep ; what art thou? but the mind*s death. O cai. mind of man have rest and still exist ; To f^very doubt, to every fear, a remedy is given, And for this lonely fear that spirits bring to mind. My Mary's cot a remedy shall prove ; For man with woman feels no fear, And in a burial ground might woo ; So remedies to my mind, faith for my soul. \_Exeunt. OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 46. SCENE II. Bay of Lochnanuah. — Prince landing ivith seven attendants. Prince. O Liberty ! is this thy home ? Freedom ! huggest thou these rugged rocks ? Chivalry ! leapest thou upon these mighty hills ? Nobility ! dwellest thou amidst those silent glens ? All solemn clothed in solitude ; Speak to my soul, teach me your sublimity, And make me worthy of my father's land. My father's land, my father's heritage, I plant my father's standard, my father's friends I claim To help me gain my right, this heritage. scenes of grandeur ! scenes cf nature's might. Inspiring beauty, courage fills my heart, 1 feel the grandeur thy strength imparts ! I feel the pleasure thy freedom gives ! ! could I thee with thy children lead To every scene that leads me to a crown — To every struggle, — every battlefield, [land. Thou wouldst endear me with a dearer love than father- And when I'd view thee in thy Jiome again, I'd doubly pray thy grandeur live eternal In the grandeur of thy silent triumph, sublimity ! Enter Lochiel. Lochiel. Welcome, welcome. Prince. Let me bid thee welcome. That rather would his voice were still. And all this land to bid thee welcome. Princ. Thou needs not speak, Thy hand, thy hand, Lochiel, 10 riUNCE CHAnLES KDWAIM), Thy father's iiaiuo and deeds dotli s})eak For nohleness in thee, And in tliis, my life's great aim, Wherein, I am sure ril live in its aeliievement, Or failini^, find my life despairin hist, Pruicc. Hostility coiuniciiced I feiir ; I True Highland blood, intense and hot, As it hath ever been, mav force the shock Ere gathering friends, and succor promised ; May bear it on to victory. [born, Loc/iid. Fear not ! in Highland home, the native Scorns every thought of fear, lA^r well doth know the highland soul, That conqueror's soul hath never lived Within his native glens. Did not within these hills repose, A native breed of warlike men ; How useless from fair France to come, To grasp the British crown : Then leave dull fear in luxury's halt to shiver ; Tardy succor for success to bring ; And meet and lead a mai'shal race : Inured by nature in her stubborn wiles, To fear no God but her. Prince. God grant tliat I may lead with fear, And wisely grasp the glory of success. That you so bold to follow with your lives, May reap the pleasure of the golden joy. All, Amen ! Prince. Let us in haste, the Southern fields descry, Perth first must see our banners fly ; Lord George, of Murray, there we hope to meet, AVliose following true, and council sweet, Shall sway our further marching on, To sorrow, or to honor's sun. I. ! • 16 f Lochiel. PRINCP: CHAIlMvS liDWAUl), Well said, Quick, let the blows of fate descend, And warmly stir both foe and friend ; Though fate, no man can know or make. He still can tread in honor's wake ; And strive, thon^^h in great sorrows path ; And leave his life in honor's swath. [_Exeiint. ACT II. SCENE I. Edinhurgh, Town Council. Enter Magistrates, Forbes. 1st 3Iafj. Yon all know why hastily convened we meet to-day ; tidings from Campbell, of Loclmell, by a worthy messenger hath come, of the Pretenders landing in the North, I — even in my august person — feel a trem- or of apprehension, lest we be all dead men ; and the precints of my sacred office be attached to the peril of my precious life : I hope there is no spy here ; let all with- draw, save these we own our council ; and of the Preten- der, we had better speak in courteous terms, canny for our own and city's sake. 2nd. Mag. Ay ! those Highland bodies know not The sacred person of a Magistrate From a common serf. [or and my office, 3rd. Mag. By God I feel like yielding both my hon- Ere they be rudely wrenched by under hands, For I cannot fight in this hour of my life. 4th. Mag, AVTiy, man, we have not got to fight, OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 — 46. 17 ''ikc, path ; Exeunt. ed wc ^ hy a indincf trem- id thQ of my with- •eten- yfov fice, lon- But gather the forces and direct. [not work ; 3rd Macj. Who ever heard, of a dh'ector who could Of a leader who couhl not tight, And witli our whi^^key bodies ; bah ! on such fighters Forhcs. If peaceful ease and gentle nodding honor. Did luing about the oiWc.Q of a man, The man was lost, reaping no honor ; But in the hour of danger to his oflice and the state, The man doth grow for glorious (' :eds That he may bear the honor ; Then rouse ! let childish fear be cast away ; Meet proud r'^bellion with a prouder front, Call up the powers that under us are laid, And nip the revolution in its infant's head, Lest those under you, do think you favor them, • And rush and join the standard of the rebel ; To gain the lion's share of reward. When your oifices are portioned out to others. For knowing is the grasping heait of man, [own, And ever the prospects of our friend's, fairer than our And happy to our souls, the topling of our friends ; That we may rush for plunder, Then rise and stand for law and order ; make the effort P>e the power so loosely held may slip the grasp, While you are the head and director, Ere you find yourselves the small minority — nothing, And your king come crush the rebellion : Charging you yourselves with treason. If we can do no more, let the castle be The reception of all warlike spirits, That the firy souls that look for glory 2 I 'Mm 18 PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD, May 8ce a pronpect on our wide. 3rd Mag, Aye, devil to devil ; Iligljandman to lIi«rhhiiHlnian. [the court? 1st Mag, Aye, and fail out with neither. What does Should they not move and order the allray. Since not against us but against themselves This revolution 's aimed. Forbes, They have ordered General Cope, With all his forces here, to move against the rebel. 3rd Mag. Ha, ha, Johhny Cope, Just as well call him Prince, For its about success that rebel hangs. 1st Mag. Shortly may be called the Royal army. Led by the gentle Royal Prince himself. 2ud Mag. But we'll be busy calling out the scuUies To run from Highlandmen when they see them. Forbes. Well, well, let 's to it. \_Fxeunt. SCENE II. Mull — Eneas' Cottage, — Enter Eneas. Eneas. Man lives in the past, or ought to, The present is a pleasing growing time, Or should be ; though ofttimes rudely marred By jarring discontent, and surly ignorance ; But when the past moves o'er the present scene, In all its perfect nauralness preserved. Lead by the gentle hand, and native elegance of truth. God brings before the growing mind of man, Instructive warning in its pictured parts, And, wisdom's venerable finger points Ensamples of its words of light. the earnest present ! like a garden carelessly arranged, g^BMiHiwwffl'iTriBJttWWlWl. .. OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 — 46. 19 « ';)? Whereplants of good and ill grow side by side ; Containing in tlieinHclves their several seeds, To blossom, bud, to flower, to die ; To grow again in ful'iro scene^ of time : That still again the past may be repeated. And yet again, and yet again repeated ; Till the great Angel's trunij) shall sound. And angels reap the harvest of the world ; For Heavenly barns and Ilell's un fathomed depths ; Thet like repeating like, be with its like arrayed. Enter IIectou. Hector, Alas ! my country woe's the day ! Eneas, Cheer up man ; 'Tis the very witching hour of eve ; The gilded rays of the glorious sun, Look through the rifted cloud ; And the balmy air, conceited holds. Innumerable specks of gold. O ! for the spiritual light to see The thousand Suns that blazing shine, Within our Father's house ; And see the exalted Angels veil their faces. In their heavenly wings. Before the undescribable glory. Hector. Sights you must be, ere you can see. But look upon our little sphere at home. Where aged souls, in grief survey The portends of the coming time. While through the leafless branches of their souls. The sighing winds of time make doleful sounds ; Swaying the aged trunk to weird creaks. m i 20 PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD, Of ominous warning of some crash to come : While woman's gcnth', soul hath lel't tho trust of man, And wiUlcly stares for hope in independence. O I th' se are woeful times, when womaii's gentle soul Would seek as nuisler of these things below ; Blindly blaming man for incomplete content. But greater still, the seasons seem awry, And heat, and cold, capriciously amuse themselves In oddity of time, while from the winds, Etfects seem heard and seen, as though Great desolation was taking down the bars. Prince Charlie 's on the nuirch. Eneas. I knew it, and what of it? Hector. It is the flower that springs from out the To be succeeded by the bitter fruit ; [cursed tree, That must be eaten in the present time. Eneas. Pity the fruit must eyer speak the tree That we must eat, ere we can see. Hector. The gaily time holds forth a wretched crop : A thousand seeds for life hath only died. For in their death hath only died The memory of their hideousness ; While in the greenness of their life once more, My country rushes, on the angry scenes, To harvest, rankling, rusting woes : O my God, who bringst the reapers to the field, Cut down the tree, as they do pluck the fruit, That in the future, rest may be to my country's soul Eneas. Find the state, then the cure. Poor man ! that steps upon such weary scenes ; That bears within himself a growing crop : OR THK IlKHELLTON OP 1715 — 46. 21 That hatli without, a growing and a matured crop That will effect him in his every point : Why, I liave it. Divide thyself from everything : And even divide ihyHclf, and love thyself, And live thyself, within thyself, and everything, A something else. Hector, The deeds, the deeds, our father's deeds. Like an encubus hang, Or guide our souls in paths of ease. Eneas. I know it, for I have perceived it. That frail is the thought that dwells In the soul of man ; And the thoughts of the mighty are clothed with silence. Hector. Better not to see the sightless orbs of the Perhaps all there is we see, all is material ; [world ; And we ourselves the coming together of forces : Producing life. Eneas. O forces ! what agony thou madest, When thou didst hit this chance great life ; Better is the material real. Than the material that feels ; Which contradicts itself, and cannot be, For which is real ? Hector. Mockery, mockery, all is mockery. Eneas. And is this mockery, God ! it cannot be ; If it were greatest it could not be mockery. And it is only known to be mockery, and vanity, When God's own light shines forth. O Pride ! great man would even go to heaven, As an obligement to God or to fellow man, ! 22 PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD, I i; I Hector. Simple words we cannot see ; Would God, would assert himself, Lest we believe too much. Eneas. Vain man, knowcst thou not man shall die God ever lives. Thou shalt not tempt him. The death of a man is the assertation of God. Hector. Natural is his death, even as his life. Eneas. Natural the death of this noble mind, When the body speaks for every power it hath. It must manifest itself hereafter ; And it cannot, lest there be a God, Or it itself the head of God, then Eternal. There hath been a rebellion in God's kingdom, And God is slowly putting it down ; Perhaps only slowly to our mind. That he may preserve the bi'eath he breathed. O leave ourselves, our little selves, And do not let us here imagine That little ear'h* and little man, Hath been the wonderous womb Of all the great creation : Earth to be the mother of great man — Great man the womb of thought ; And man's mind, Great God. No, let us rather see Eternal God Building the Heavens in his own good time, And as ' e built, establishing his laws. Himself all silent ; sublimity existant In his own Eternal attributes, seen only by himself, Creating stewards in his great house, Angels who behold his glory OR THE llEBELLION OF 1745 — 46. 23 And spiritually beholding;, dispute not his presence ; Lastly, creating man in his own Image, One of his ste^^ards for his own glory. Shewing him in his purity, his invisible self; Man's fall. Hiding himself from man's fallen part, In his greatness and Almighty power Discovering the eternal facts of good and ill, First shewn in spirit, next in matter, And lastly to be seperated forever. Working out man's redemption In the explained problem of Christ Jesiis, Who is over all God blessed for ever. Hector. Let us speak of things we know — Things we're sure of. Eneas. What are we sure of? all things, or nothing. Look upon the world at large. The universal soul of man — And ask if it does not require High aims, great levers to upheave : That it may not to degradation sink. And form a hell, — its own destroyer, As it hath ever been. And yet, and still, you do not like The loveliest words that I can find In all the voices of the world. Why then to man was given — A soul united to the nower of heaven ? But pure, and in his will, the energy should roll, Controlling all things in his mighty soul. I have found it — I have found the mighty secret. 24 PRINCE CHABLES EDWAUD, Mind is soul, and soul is life, And mind is life eternal. Jesus, the embodiment of eternal mind. He is the Resurrection — he hath risen. And mind alone can only rise — here and hereafter. Let the same mind be in thee that dwelt, And dwells comj/lete in him. This, the great hope the Christian knows. The wonderous part or name in him. Man's life shall take an impress of all things. All things known, and completed here below, That the world itself may judge the world. And at the Resurrection morn — All things shall stand preserved in man. And God himself alone shall dwell In glory inaccessible. And the saved soul of man completed and unveiled, Shall be a picture of its Father and its God ; Therefore doth God but moral truths display. Hector. Clothest thou the utterable utterance. And appearance of nature. In words denoting their eternity of form, And unalterable destiny. Eneas. Heavy are the thoughts that are feeling my Yet time rolls on, and God stamps his name [soul. On each generation of man. Hearing from Nature the voice of her speech. Clothing her speech with words that are true. Enter Wilocks. Wilocks. Then rise Gael, then rise, the cause is your own, OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 46. 26 And shake to its centre the damned Saxon throne. Eneas. Halt. Miserable fragment, and cease. Wilocks, Say, begone, miserable fragment ! For if I be a fragment, how here, and cease : And as thou banisheth me, banish the world. For the world is fragments. And every fragment is a world, And I am. as the world made me. Eneas. Hadst thou no energy to fix thyself? Couldst thou prove such condemnation? Greater still the guilt the \vorld doth owe. Wilocks. They have seen me in my mightiest thought, And in my weakest moment ; And galled my soul, my quiet spirit, That in the depths of my gentle bosom, reposed in peace. Eneas. There is not a path of life but hath Its beauty, hope, and sorrow. Wilocks, So had mine, And I've attained unto the sorrow — The sorrow they have bred for me. And all my pleadings have been heard in vain — My rights discarded, my thoughts despised. And then to cap it all, my noble reason — The bless'd gift from heaven to man — Called laughingly in question. And hissed as madman ; Thus time breeds sorrow daily for my soul, Out from the seeds they've planted on my life. Till, to the common herd, I've out-laid my soul — Estranged my heart from all the joys of time, 26 PRINCE CHARLKS EDWARD, Leaving me but a fra.Gjmcnt of oppression For the common lierd to gawk and laugh at ; That hear my wrongs gainst time and mjm, As misfortune babbkMl by a wliore's tongue ; While a thousand terrors wink at me, And I am the butt for every fear, A poor waif clinging to the outer edge Of the great ocean of humanity. O, we are the miserable tyrants of a miserable life ; Yet still the children of a common parent ; O, their smallness baffles me. [ment. Eneas. Then strive to be a whole, than but a frag- Wilocks. They say that fortune's fickle ; She hath ever been the same to me, The same smiling, brazen face. She has ever shown to me ; No ray of sunshine, on my distempered life. Hath ever seen the chamhers of my soul ; Tyranny, oppression, injustice and wrong, Hath galled my soul to madness ; I would curse, but I cannot curse. For 1 have hope in heaven. Grief! O Grief! now have thy fill. Hector. He's I'ight, he hath wrongs. And he is what his wrongs hath made him, A wretclied fragment of a wretched world. Eneas. How easy is the soul vanquished, That hath slain itself. Let us find where Prince Charlie is. Wilocks. He's on his way for Perth, And may the Lord his sword OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 — 46. 27 V vengeance make to smite my enemies. Eneas. Then we are going. Have you a song? Wilocks. I have, 'hough little hope of justice in me lives, have a song, I see the present, .nd thus I am, and thus I see it — To be a bard, Is small regard, Or tune the varied lyre. But sorrow deep, Hath made me weep, And filled my sovd with fire, ilie soul of the lost, and the sound of the past, \.re moving once more, on the wings of the blast, Ind the soul of the Gael, on his hill and his strath, s catching the murmuring spirit of wrath. Dread vengeance is slinking from hall and fi'om glei The soul of the lost for a girdle doth bind him, And the spirit of the aged is hearing the storm. Ere it wrap in its fury, the nobler form. And the sound of the past, in its gloom and its pride. Is serging the Gael, in the strength of the tide ; Like torrents wild rushing from mountains afar, To quench its bright spirit in tumult and war. May the foremost bright billow that leaps from the serge, Break the rock that withstands, when it touches the verge ; And the rush of the whole, in its fury and might, Shew the soul of the Gael, as a meteor of light. r f m ; 28 PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD, Hector. Thy hand, and come with us, And woe betide the giiiUy hand That broke the holy casket of thy spirit, Aud left thy life in fragments. Eneas. Now, now, let us see, For the light of the storm gleams o'er the sea. \_Exeunt, ACT III. SCENE I. Erlinhurgh^ a Street. — Enter several Citizens and Magistrates. 1st Cit. Heard you the news! the rebels enter on the morrow, 2nd Cit. To the disgrace of this our government, That leave such open door for rebels. 1st Cit. Government, a government but in name : For what is a government? to take our tithes And give us no protection in return : But leave our homes, our properties To the dictation — perhaps the spoil — *"* To the first pretender ; backed by surly proud rebellion. That the ever heaving waves of time Throws to the surface. 3rd Cit. Hear, hear. We should not stand it. 1st Cit. But we must, f3r what are we? When they who stand on the summit, our watch. Have grown so weak about the knees. And, shivering, bend from drivelling fear Of every cause, that 's wisely meant To rouse their energy to cleanse the State. iTbe sej I Nor rj For la Yes, 1 OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 — 46. 2i> 3Ia(j. Hear me, good citizens, and wisely judge. Tlie seeming inconsistency you see, Nor i-aslily blame the rulers of our town For lack of courage or unwise fear ; Yes, they did fear to leave your wealth ^At the rude sack of a naked rebel. When they no power to cope with him commanded ; They rather choose to take his word of honor — Of quiet gentle resting in the town, Which his good stay at Perth did justify. Than rudely rouse his ire to force an entrance. 3rd Cit. And where is Johnny Cope ? ha, ha. He went North, and the Prince came South. 1st Cit. We hear he'll hold a Royal levee, Mag. Ay, and right royally they say he will pi oclaim His kingly sway ; calling the nobles of the land To meet him with their due allegiance. In the kingly hall of his ancestors. 2nd Cit. All very nice that all may sound, But faith it strikes me hard. That he who gives allegiance to a rebel Should draw his sword and strongly fight. Or he shall find unto his cost, 'He'll pay for his allegiance in another way. \^Exeunt. SCENE II. Edinburgh, a room in Palace — Ladies, &c. Enter Prince a7id suite. 1st Lady. O ! who does he look like? 2nd Lady. O ! isn't he a lovely Prince ? 3rd Lady. O 1 the dear, dear Prince. i ■*A0^. ."''. 30 PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD, Prince talcing the a^m of Murray. Prince. Dear Murray, tliou<^h iu pleasant Hceues Of careless gay reception, think not I cannot appreciate your thouglitful cast ; Noting well your stern and martial bearing : Feel well disposed to cast my troublous care, '' And in the thankfulness of such good fortune, Feel very rejoiced, and enjoy myself — Though all my trials are still to come " — In the possession of such an officer. 3Iurray. To all those friends you 've gathered roun A portion of your care must sure abide ; But weak sluill be the hearts of these your friends. If you do leave the care for them to love. While you the ambling carelessness do love ; Therefore, to stern reality, awake ; Leave these nodding bows and simpering loves For the great repast of the labor's rest : A double pleasure you will then enjoy ; While now enjoyed, they sure may cast a spiteful shot Should failure dark, grin on your coming time. Prince. I have thought of that, and even now I keenly feel the weight of all you say ; But yon may see I ever strive to win Some other friend to add unto my friends ; And much it grieves me now to see My English friends so scarce. Murray. To win an Englishman ! you must Not seem to be won by woman : For lightly in his eye a woman stands, Like his fine horse, or wholesome cow, OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 46. 31 To satisfy his use and want, And never to be used by them ; And well he holds such weakness in a man. [an Prince. You are too hard. The daughters sometime A pleasant door for entrance to the father's heart. Murray. A door with double springs, that shut you ii Prince. Well, well, think you the news of Cope, [or out. And our ability to cope with him be to the mark. Murray. I wish poor Johnny Cope was all we had to But Avhal we'll do, right quick we'll do, [feai* ; And as we win we'll gather friends ; Ay, gather as we go, lest standing here — In honoring pleasure's smiling sun, — We melt like snow balls on the clay. Prince. True, then let us make our leave, And on the morrow let us bring our plans : Then in vigour of their execution Hit h.*rd our foe as he turns up. SCENCE III. Edinburgh — a room — Enter Pedler with pack, and W1LOCK8. Wilocks, Excuse my rather inquisitive inclination. And please, good sir, explain your occupation, And what might be the gentle meaning Of this rather suspicious acquisition — This strange travelling companion — this box. Jimmie. This box, dear sir, contains my occupation ; And to draw the inquisitive inclination Of your kind and valuable attention, I am willing to explore its contents. [exterior Wilochs. Then further admiration of its peculiar ly 32 PRINCE CIIAULEa EDWATtO, Would be waste of time, when your ^rnat condeHoeusiori Sponkn of exploration of itn unseen mysteries. Jinimie. Perfectly welcome, admiie away. Wilocks. Did I not hear you speak of its — Enter neveral lli^hlandcira. Lst High. Ay, Jimmie the Peddler, Avhat now. Jinimc. Sliak(5 up your })urseH ! What do you want? 1st High. What ! mad Wilocks on the rounds too ; Gay times boys ! ha, ha. Wilocks, Wishing no intrusion in your presence, I'll retire if requisite. 1st High. Not requisite. You want some tweed. And Jimmie will supply you. [shanks ; 2nd High. No, no. Pity to hide them splendid Sell him a halter. 1st High. No, no. Give him a rake to kill an And Jimme, no fighting yet. [Euglisman ; So moneyed gentlemen among us are scarce ;» So we are scarce of anything to buy. Enter Eneas. Eneas. What now? What's all this about? I hope you all do feel at home ; For faith I think 'twould suit you better Than lumbering up my little room, With lumbering packs like this. \_Kichs the 'pack.'] Jimme. \_Picks up pack, mutteriiig^'j They'd steal, but I don't think they'd buy. Eneas. Good evening, gentlemen : Thanks for visit, And when I want you here again, ni send a special courier for you all ; For now that we are with the Royal Prince, on THE REBELLION OF 1745 — 46. 33 \\\\ sliall do Jill things Royal. [well. 1st Ifif/h. Less lip, I think, would serve you just as [Ecrit. Wilochs, Excuse my return — my intrusion, And allow me to offer you a little cinnamon, AVhich will iiiglily imi)r()ve the flavor of your drink: In return, as a tribute to your great condescension. To your very humble servant. Eneas. Thank you, Mr. Wilocks, that will do. Exit Wiloclcs. Poor Wilocks ! His foolish kindness Is taken with a smile, superior : But the kindness of the good or wise: With a grin or sneer of contempt, So as that fellow said, '* Less lip Would serve us just as well." When tender lover's gentle coying eyes, Wrapt in the blindness of the joy they found ; Shew to the world dear Cupid's fond surprise. And we go whimpering, giggling, whispering round ; I think " less lip would serve us just as well." When brothers snap aflfection's tender chain, And open wide each others' sacred wound ; Dear loving care the bursting cause of twain ; And we go whimpering, giggling, whispiering round ; I think '' less lip would serve us just as well." When weak misfortune wraps our fallen sister ; Stabbed by the joy she thought she found ; While to her heart lies close the loving blister ; 34 rUINCK CIIAWLK.S KhWAUIl, And wo go -svhiminn'iiig, «^ig;^IlMg, wlii.s|)<'riML? roimd ; 1 tliiiik " IcsH lip would .servo ii8 just us well." When light temptation draws the thirsty wretch To sttddening sorrow's staggering sound, While on his soul, the whirling vice, intoxicatin« violence thatch ; And we go wimpcring, prying, whispering, round, 1 think " IcttS lip would serve us just as well." When fiery passion hums t!ie guilty lumd, And sears the conscienci^ in a hloody mound. While dark despair dro[)S in his luiart like burnin;^ sand ; And we go whimpering, prying, whispering round, I think " less lip would serve us just as well." Enter IIectoh. Hector. I have been talking to the l*rince, his noble And well I like the gentle lad ; [self, lie's noble, and his mein is graceful ; Formed by nature in a happy time To grace a noble line. Eneas. So be it, yet I (ear the line is all he'll grace. Hector. That does iiol speak like you ; I hope he'll wear a true contented crown, And nobly grace a royal throne. And there beget a happy race of kings, To hold a gentle sway o'er happy friends. Eneas. Friends, 'tis easy ruling friends, But tirst cast out a mighty enemy ; That's strongly proped by friends, ii on THE IlICHKLLION OF l?^.') — 40. 35 Ijc you talk of crown or tlironc. I/i'dor. What brou^'ht you hcri^? Did you not conic To liolj) your J'riiico, and M/lit his Ibca? Why Wii^ffvr Ikm'c vvitliin thyself re[)o.sinf^, And faulty find what you should help to right? Away ! it sniell» like fear, 1 like it not. Fjuchs, Did 1 thy tender vanity possess l''or ;jjrt!at one's nods, I ini«>ht like thee, III busy nothin;^, thirds niys(df at work. Hector. Out! What mean you? What arc you? Tliat only bow unto your own device? ^'('t, well I know, you like as well as me, Vou like the notice of the good and great. Eueaa. Ay, so I do, yet for myself 1 do not ; I neither bow unto a man nor want CJj'eat nobleman to bow to me ; Yet, when I see a man of noble parts : His virtues I respect, and bow to them ; And when, upon the world, God wills a certain thing, lie brings a man that's fitted for the work : Tlierefore, a man is earnest for the future, 7\.ii(l is Prince Charlie now the man. Hector. I will not quarrel, though thy words Stirred my temper, added to your closeness, Au. M And as for quarrel, if thou dost quarrel, I do not, and thou shalt go Taking thy quarrel with thee. Hector, I will not, for I like thee, And thy judgment is ever just. Eneas, Then tell me now what think you, For I am much a hearer and a seer. Hector. I hear we soon will march for fight, For close the army's moving in our way ; The Prince doth wisely feel to touch the war, And beat the Government by bits. Eneas. Then, here, I think we'll go and see, Can we procure more modern arms To meet the clash of southern steel ; Since ambling smiles on ladies' jaws. Are losing flavor for oui Prince, And stern realites upraise more stubborn thought. [^Exewit. SCENE IV. A fidd near Presto7ipans. — Enter Prince, Lochiel, Murray, and Johnstone. Prince. What think you ? Will we wait till morning Light the treading of our way Through yonder dangerous swamp That skirt the camp of Cope ; Or 'neath the darkness, now move on, Or backward turn, attack some other way. Lochiel. The light is dangerous for attack The way he is secured ; But through that marsh the night Will hide a thousand dangers. OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 — 46. 37 Murray. Could we secure a guide ? Johnstone, What say you? You know^ around These whereabouts. Can you not find A guide to guide us through that marsh ? And once upon the border of that solid land We'll have an equal chance, and then, Wliy then, the fault shall be our own It" we spoil not that camp Ere morning's sun shall see the whole of it. Johnstone. A man that lives near by the marsh, A garden owns, who surely knows A patliway through that treacherous ground ; But whether he should faithful prove, Is something else to know. Prince. Why go and bring him ; take JSuiheient to compel him if he refuse. And we will teach him faith "NV lien we find out he's got the knowledge. \_Exit Johnstone. Lochiel. A chivalrous fellow, that Johnstone, And has the very soul of loyalty in him ; 1 like him well. He'd break his neck To serve you or obey an order. !M rince. Yes, a true and faitful fellow. Murray. Did every man that around us stand. Be free from selfishness as he. And true devotion carry in so right a way, ^^ e'd brightly win this troublous day. Prince. I am sure when to the front of test, Euch one shall rival other in their deeds ; And none but shall their meed of praise deserve. 38 PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD, Murray. There's not a IlighUmd sword (luit draws Its shining keenness to tJie Southern eyes, But there shall write its deed of fear ; Yet stubborn sometimes for to draw. Prince. Then let us go prepare our plans. As ready for the guide to come ; Leave word for Johnstone to my room to come, That we may haste the coming fray. \_E,i' Enter Eneas. Eneas. I think my spirit's like the gentle i-ivers That dwell within my native land ; That bear within themselves a thousand tilings of life, And in whose beds fertility for me who Avills to tnlu My native land, my darling lowland land ; How my soul loves my native land : Fresh from my father's hills and rocky clitls, It dwells serenely, peaceful here at rest, Where the undulating plain display The varied hue of every shade. And the skies are bright with the blessed light ; Where the fruitful fields, with their ever-green siiadcs Invite my soul to its restful peace. O ! how proud to call this blessed land my native land ! This lovely gem of all the Isles that ever saw the f-un, AVhere a hardy, trusty, honest race Praise God and work his fields. ! how I like it, and the noble men Who dwell, with eager pulse, developing its soid. 1 love you, mighty man, yet covet not your might ; I love ye wise, ye rich, ye gay, Yet covet naught you call your own ; OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 — 46. 39 | T love ye daugliters of my native land, Vet love desire you not. could within your breasts but burn Tlie love of God divine ; Around my coinitry's noble shore, A noble breed of men would stand To watch and guard its life. As worthy and s-hoots him from behind. Wilocks. Ah ! But that's pleasant, that crimson tide. m OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 — 46. 41 To sec it flow so fresli ; I feci within its living shade — My soul eaiscd part of wrong. Enter Prince with oiliccrs, aiid victorious. Prince. What have we here? Lochiel. A noble man, and a Christian gentleman, As he is well reputed, the gallant Col. Gardiner. Murray. A nobler end he did deserve. Tlian falling by his country's sword. Wilocks. Do you lament him? faith did he live, He might make some of us lament. lie led them furious armed dogs On wilder horses than the Snltan owns — And when I saw his furious frowning looks — Heard his words — saw his deeds, r ( W 'f s Enter Hector. Hector. Why moi)in;j^ here in gloomy muyiiigs lone, While victorious sound in every heart Is tilling up the joy. [ing of his way. Eneas. Never a man hath heard my voice complain- Then to myself the attribute I claim to guide my life, For to myself, and to God, I have got to answer. Hector. O could I stir you up to interfere ! To rush for victory and achieve success ! See you have lingered here quietly along, Wiiile meaner men have gained renown ; And even I myself, honor's pleasant wreath. In kind promotion, and sweet words of })raise. Eneas. I wish you every joy they all may bring ; But I did see so many eager for the fray. That I did take it easy. And found sufficient for my labor's strength In clieering tip the wounded, and preserving The frightened prisoners from indignity. [up. Hector. Come, I have something that will cheer you Foi' you have much of a gentle spirit That looks too much within. Eneas. My cheer is staple ; did you know it You would with me rejoice. \_Exeunt. SCENE II. Princess quarters. — Enter Prince ivith Chiefs and Officers. Prince. How bright the rising of our rising deeds. The light upon you all in honor sits ; And I am sure doth warm our hearts in grateful joy, That victory great, so cheap is won ; Pi M OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 — 4G. 45 For I am so pleased, complete their rout liath been, That thus the terror of our arms to spread, Shall bring us many friends ; And tiiese our P^nglish friends much cause to see Our hopes were well, and our faith Avas good, When we relied on Iligldand friends. So to us now good council give ; Siiall we to England straightly go, Or linger till our forces grow? Lochiel. In lingering, perhaps our forces may Grow displeasing in the way they'd grow ; So if to England we design to go : Let us go while fresh — nor wait to rust. Murray. I do not like the thought of English land. They will not welcome Highland hearts ; So can't we here spread wide thy ancient throne. And break the bond that lightly joins Our Scotland to that England there ; And then let England, if she dare, Attack you in your Scottish home ; United, Scotland never knew The fear of foreign foe. [hills again, Macdonald. Too soon, I think, to see our Highland 'Till we have seen the pleasant fields of England fine, And bowed our waving plumes in the noble halls Of the rich, the courteous, and the gay. Prince. Well said, my lord, you speak like visiting. Macdonald. And ain't we To leave a gentle hostage on their throne? Murray. Since war must last, where ere you stand, Until you stand secure, 4(1 rUINLE C'lIAULKiS KDWAHI), pi In I tliiiik {ulvaiici' is Imt the word we mmv To kcH'p our I'orc'cis moviii;^-, and lucct tlu; war at oiicr. Prince. Jii.st an you say. I am sure they'd just as (live nic tlic tliroiic, as Scotland. [well LocJiicl. And we as soon liave Scotland a.s the throne ; lint let us nuirch and meet them, And put them to thi;ii' trum[)s at once, And win or loose the stakes. Prince. 'Tis well, IM rather ])ress to England now. SCENE III. En(jlaud^ near Mancheder. — Enfer Eneas and Hector. Hector, Just as I thought. These dull, phlegmatic, Nice, soft and fatty En / list ;is l[\V«'lf IriMic ; The Prince crost-fallcn at his English friends — So slow and scarce. Hrdor, Friends I Friends! I am sick of them! I'd rather li.^iit my enemies than trust my friends. Eneas. Well, well, keep (luicst, no doubt you'll fi;:ht ; I'd rather neither trust or ii;^dit. \_Kxctiitt. SCENE IV. Scotland. — Enter Duke o/" CuMiiKRLAND avd Oi riciih's. Duke, llebellion ! Kehellion ! O ! rebellion. How suited to man's love of chan if Upon my soul for nyc. I am lost ! lo.-t ! And with mc lost so many brave devoted (Viends, More worthy of ^n'oat hopes than me. Alas ! T am in the time when to myself 1 ain danger ! Ah I hope is stron'jjc^^t in the weakest ; (), ;rentl(; (iod ! (), fj^racious ini;^hty Saviour ! Ha\e merey on a poor part of thy great shadow ! Enter P^NicAS and IIkctor. Iledor, Ciood news ! Quick, the way is clear ! Here's Flora, and your deliverance, In the person of her waiting maid. Prince. Lead on, I have no fear without me ; 1 am grown such terror to myself, There is no fear tluit causes fear. \_Exennt, SCENE III. Mull. — Enter Eneas. Eneas. Home again, much as I started ; What Almighty power hath God, Knowing all things — having all things, And dwelling still in Joy. AVho sees the just — who sees the vs^rong — Who sees the wicked work destruction — Who sees the good the right perform, Nor heeds to punish or to praise ; Who sees the strong oppress the weak ; And leaves him claim within his heart. The greatness of his might that none will claim, From out his power the restitution ; Who sees himself the greater sin, The owner of all things the tyrant claims, Hurled from his every thought, cm THE UKBKLLION OF 1745 — 4G. 03 And tlien attempt his f^reat cxpulwioii From his own imperial universe, Or ehan«jj(; liim into s()methin ,''.■■» i. 4. Ml' if ? : Lay hid within that iiLstinct in mankind, To preserve his dead and bury them in crowds, And how nature followed out that instinct, Heaping them in heaps upon the battle field, As though nature even in death was social ; Have you ever thought what silence might be. Silence may be the greatest activity of mind. And death the extreme of silence, ha ! None came from there ; One came from God, the wonderful, And he said he was there still. Did ever see a thought but it came silent ; See a man wrapt in thought, silence His very tread, when thoughtful, light as air ; Did ever see a dozen men in reading wrapt, Silence reigning supreme, the mind enjoying, active, The body carelessly disposed, — lost ; Come now with me and reverently tread AYhere dwell, in social crowd, the silent dead, See all within their narrow cells In awful silence wrapt ; Was ever meditation so intense — thought so still. Or abstraction so complete ; Add to that grim, that wasting picture. Thought, learning every note of life. That it, when called on, may repeat. When I am chilled I want not to be there ; But doth not death come like an aAvful thought, See it approach upon a man, if sudden. How, with a sudden wrench, his thoughts in silence dwell, If gradual, how approach the thoughts of all his life, OR THE REBELLION OF 1745 46. 67 Till, silent, silenter he grows, and thinks. Until that thought becomes a silent thing. That feels not, hears not, sees not ; And his friends pick up what 's left of earth, Laying it in the company of the past ; While that thought thinks on, regardless of The change upon its earthly house. Hector, Does that satisfy the present? Have you no voice of earthly joy ? Eneas. Honor the dead. The dead have all the past. The living nothing. Yet there's an unseen, unheard, unspoken. Opinion of every man. Such things are not for selfishness For me alone to know ; All churches are like little towns. Skirting the bank of time's great river. Where the eternal soul of man delights to stay And wrap itself in holy garments For its great mid-night journey, And they, themselves, made subject to The uneven waves of rolling time, 'Till at its utmost limit stands A holy city, lil ^ an eminence, With glittering ,»early gates, And shining bright foundations, ' Where the ever regenerating soul of man May step within its silver ship, For its unfathomable, unlimited exploration. What need hath earthly joy of voice, Or earthly woe either? can avc not feci them? '1^ I , r.s rUINCE C'lIAlU.F.S EDWAKI), p.' it;,- U J You know tlie greatest, For lovely woman is a lovdy thing — ("rod's chosen gift to man — Ck^tlictl in the lovely drapery of modesty, Tliat you may lift, and bathe in the lovely wliii'l within. Jfector. Bah ! modesty hath left the sex, And dwells sometimes with boys ; But few are the stars that live in thy path, O Moon ! Evens. You are sullen and cainiot Rise above the present woe. [share? Hector. Have you no tears your country's woe to Evens. I look upon my country's Avoe In a different liglit to some Who think their own their country's woe. You are grieved now at the loss Of the hopes, the joys, the honors, you had found. Hector, Taunt me not, lest you should anger me. Eneas. Should this raise your anger — let it stay Avith God treats a nation as he treats a man, C}'^^^* Corrects, punishes, and leads to right. Hector. An angel came to me last night — I knew her Avell. My childhood's home — My boyhood's plays — my manhood's laboring field — Clad in beauty of her native youth ; My native land, my native place. My soul's delight, my imagination's theme, Rolled in the halo of a charming dream. Sweet — Ericas. Dreams, dreams, 'tis all that 's left of her. Y^'ou '11 have to leave — to other lands depart. Hector. Beautiful beam of the morning, — ^ I , OR TUK KKr.ELLrON OV 171'; K). (19 Celestial li