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 M ong many Misfortunes to be 
 dcplorM, during the late Reign 
 of Toryifw y nothing perhaps is 
 like to produce worfc Confe- 
 quences to the prefent, and fu- 
 ture Ages, than an impudent Attempt in the 
 venal Scribblers of that Party to fubvert fomc 
 Principles in Morality, and Notions of Virtue, 
 till then, unquefuon'd by all Mankind. 
 
 It became ncceflary for thefe Wretches 
 (and their more wretched Patrons) to (hake 
 our Reafon, corrupt our Morals, fink our Cou- 
 rage, and impofe on our Senfes ; For while 
 
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 all thcfe, or any of them, remained entire ; 
 they rightly judged it' impoflible for them to 
 carry on their $onfe?ifical } as well as Vitiations, 
 Defigns. 
 
 I am at a Lofs to determine whether their 
 Undertaking were more Audacious, or their 
 Succefs more Aftonifhing. They wem to it- 
 tack Opinions fortify'd by the Univcrfal h;,~ 
 fent of almoft all Ages y and all People :> to : A cny 
 Pofitions agreed in by Heathen, as well na Chrl- 
 ftian Philofophers-5 and to combat Maxims of 
 Yuch Prevalency, that they were chofen by 
 the Almighty Legiflator, as the fecurcit Bajis 
 of Chriflianity it felt 
 
 T o do by ail Men, as we would have them 
 do by us, was equally the Meafure of Justice 
 under "Pagan and Chrijlian Oeconomy , to 
 adminiftcr Equity impartially, to relieve the 
 opprefs'd, plead theCaufc of the Orphan and 
 Widow, rcligioufly obferve Promifes, tho* to 
 our own detriment, and to hazard Life, or 
 private Liberty, for that of the Publick, were 
 thought indifpenfible Duties ^ and thcPraciice 
 of them was as highly Applauded, as their 
 Contraries were DccryM, by the Common 
 ! Voice oi : Mankind. So that 1 think it no rafh 
 Aflcrtion to affirm, that even in the State of 
 Degeneracy the World has long been gradually 
 Aiding into, even within a very j civ Years, it 
 wouM hive been look'd on as the moffc flaciti- 
 pusbnttfpnzc imaginable, to go about an open, 
 
 formal, 
 
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 formal, and peremptory Contradiction ofthefe 
 Grades of Reafon , on which the univerfal 
 Good feem'd to ftarid fafely and ftrongly fup- 
 
 ported. 
 
 Yet we have lived to fee thefe maffy Co- 
 lumns fhaken,and almoft overthrown ; tho' the 
 Ruin of All was to be the inevitable Confe- 
 quence: But by the juft Decree of Providence, 
 the Ponderous Fabrick had, in its Fall, mod 
 furely crufli'd the Sappers of its noble Founda- 
 tion j and tho' that have, by Miracle, cfcaped; 
 it is not Impoflible but fome of the tottering 
 f hacks may yet fall on the Heads of thole 
 who apply'd the definitive Engines , by 
 which the whole was endangered. 
 
 It is not my prefent Defign to arraign 
 every Branch of the late Miniftry's Conduft., 
 That Province, I hope, is referved for abler 
 Heads, and a more convenient Place : It will 
 be fuflicient for me to obferve, that in Defi- 
 ance to common Scnfe , and common Hone- 
 fly., an Infamous and Ruinous Separate Peace: 
 was concluded without the Concurrence or 
 
 nowled^e of our Allies , to whom we were 
 bound by the moftfolewnTreatiesmd ftrong- 
 eft Ties of Interejl : That the wifeft and ho- 
 ncftcft Conduft in the World was vilified, 
 the beft Minifters traduced, our Enemies ex- 
 haufted Forces were magnify M , our own 
 
 flouriflung Condition represented as weak and 
 
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 languiffring, cur Faithful Allies accufed of 
 betraying us, while our implacable Enemies 
 were truftcd with the Difpofal of all our In- 
 terefts ; and finally, that our Religion and 
 happy Conflitution were wilfully expofed to 
 the Invaiion of a Popifh and Arbitrary Pre- 
 tender- 
 
 This was the End to which all the ex* 
 ecrable Arts of a pernicious Fa&ion evidently 
 tended. But tho' they fuccceded beyond Ima- 
 gination, yet the Grand Project was judged 
 by themfelves Impracticable , unlefs the Ar- 
 my cou'd either be gained or difgrac\L AH 
 poflible Methods were therefore nut in Pra- 
 dice to compafs the f.rft :, which had at oftcs 
 cut the Gordian Knot of a flubborn Conflitu- 
 tion, and made its Ruin fare* It was there- 
 fore extreamly worth while to ncglcd no 
 Means that might engage the Officers on their 
 Side : But fo juft a Senfe had thefe Gentle- 
 men of their own Honour, fo great a Regard 
 to the Welfare of their Countrv, and fo clear 
 an Apprchenfion of thele Men's wicked De- 
 figns 3 that they fcorned all Offers on one 
 Side, and Threats on the other, bravely re- 
 folving, to hazard their Pofls, (their only 
 Maintenance) rather than by violent Hands 
 on a Conflitution they had fo often ventured 
 their Lives to defend. Some few indeed (to 
 their eternal Shame ) defatted their Brethren* 
 and entefd into the lnoft Criminal Meafures $ 
 
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 but thefe, (it is to be hoped) may now meet 
 with a due Bijlintlion, tho* their whole Lives 
 heretofore could never merit any } and honejl 
 Men have the Satisfaction of feeing them 
 difpofed of, as the Honour and Safety of the 
 prefent Government require. 
 
 The late Managers thus difappointed in 
 their Hopes of corrupting the Army, endea- 
 vour'd in the next Place to divide it : And 
 that was by encouraging the common Soldiers 
 againft their Officers, in order to weaken and 
 difarm, if pofliblc, thefe laft •, declared E?ie- 
 
 w, and refolute Oppofers of their darling 
 Schemes. Every body remembers the prodi- 
 gious Induftry ufed to exafperate the private 
 Men •, and foment Complaints, vexatious Suits,. 
 Arrejis, and Mutinies % to the utter Diffoluti- 
 on of all military Difcipline , and good Go- 
 vernment in the Army* 
 
 The Stratagem had at firft fome Succefs } 
 and their invidious Affertions, that the Sol- 
 diers had been defrauded of their Pay, being 
 generally believed :> caft a blemifh on the Of- 
 ficers : But when People begun to obferve that 
 thefe Complaints had their firft Rife from the 
 Scum of the Nation , a Crew of Jail-Birds 
 forced upon the Army by the Civil Authori- 
 ty :, and that tho' tome few Officers might 
 perhaps be too guilty of the Mifdemeanors 
 laid to their Charge, yet far the greater Num- 
 ber were entirely exempt from tbera > then 
 
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 this Mine alfo failed of its defircd Execution, 
 or rather recoiVd on thofe who fet Fire to the 
 Tram. 
 
 The Attempts either to zahiot divide 'the 
 Military Men not anfwering Expectation, 
 there was no Way left but to ruin their in the 
 Opinion of the Nation. One wou'd think 
 this no eafy Tafk, while the Memory- of 
 their unparalleled Aftions was ftill frefli : But 
 what Colours fo grofs, what Lies fo palpable, 
 as not to be impofed on home-fpun Clowns , 
 and ignorant OBober-Clnb-Men ? Always rea- 
 dy to murmur at any Thing that may give 
 Occafion to Taxes, tho' never \o moderate and 
 necefTary •, and whofc Arithmetick docs not 
 reach fo far as to (hew them, that 4, 6, io, 
 nay 15 Shillings in the Pound, were well gi- 
 ven to favc the Remainder, if the Whole be 
 evidently in Danger. 
 
 This Enterprize then , difficult as it 
 feemed, was yet undertaken by fome of their 
 Abhft Pens, and moft Eloquent Orators, who 
 to flrike at the very Root of the Soldiers Re- 
 putation and Honour, judged it advifeable to 
 . depreciate Fortitude it felf : And confequent- 
 ly all Exploits fpringing from that noble Stock 
 And the more effectually to compafs this vile 
 End, Military Men were to be loaded with 
 opprobrious Language, their brighteft Actions 
 to be ridicuVd , their Courage , and other 
 Martial Virtues, brought into Contempt, the 
 
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 very' Injliiution of an Army.was to be made' 
 odious, and the Exiftence of it, (tho' a mo- 
 derare one' ) reprefented as dangerous , and 
 expenfivc to the Nation : And it foon became 
 the Cue oi the whole Faction, to rail at the 
 Behaviour^, rpnvy the Expences , defame the 
 Manner's, and blacken the CharaElers of Gen-; 
 tlemeri eminently Zealous in the Service of 
 their Country, and upon that Principle, con- 
 ftant in oppofing a French Parly at Home. 
 
 It is impoilibie to write on any Subjeft 
 ever fo little relating to the part Adminiftra- 
 tion, without being hurry'd on by an impe- 
 tuous Zeal, againft all their Proceedings. I 
 endeavour, to the utmoft of my Power, to 
 curb this jufl Indignation j but hope I may 
 be forgiven if 1 have touched lightly on feme 
 Points' which ( tho' "out of my Subjeft) I 
 conceive iieceilary to lead me into my intend- 
 tied Vindication of a Sett of Men. who have 
 fhcwnVtlieiVifvlvcs flrcnuous Defenders of the 
 Nations and Europe's, Liberties , and as fuch, 
 have been' afperied by the implacable Enemies 
 to both, and to every Thing that bcai\s the 
 l r enerable Name of Virtue. 
 
 A N D fhice Fortitude 'it felf, ( the very 
 Bafts of a Soldier's Merit) has been made the 
 Subjeft of Ridicule, both in Print^and com- 
 mon Talk :> the Order of my Difcourfe re- 
 quires that I ihouM 'begin with feme Argu- 
 ments in Defence of this Virtue^ as the Fo'un- 
 
 li 2 elation 
 
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 elation on which many important JBionshavo, 
 been built •, for if that be defeBwe , the £«- 
 perfruBure mud ncccilary fall to the 
 Ground. 
 
 THAT Fortitude has not only a Rank % 
 but holds a Place of Dignity among i!4W/ 
 Virtues, was never contefted during the Space 
 of almoft Fifty Centuries, till within thefe 
 four Years paft. Fear of Pain, or T)eath % 
 and confequently the avoiding them by any 
 Means \ is thejfr/?, mofi: natural, znAJlrongeft 
 Impulfe in all living Creatures* It is percep- 
 tible, even before the Operation of Reafon, 
 in Man , or w/^? ij /ifey? to *r , in Beafts , 
 and, no doubt, was implanted by Providence 
 as necefifary to the Prefervation of our Beings 
 or Exijience. 
 
 A brave Contempt , of what is fo 
 dreadful , cannot therefore be natural :> but 
 mud be produced in us by feme Motive 
 ftronger than the Fear of what we fo abhor : 
 And this is , a Vajl Defire of Honour, and 
 Love of doing G<W j which only fomc noble 
 and diffufive Minds are inspired with, 
 
 — £Ws ;;;<?/i^r^ luto finxit pracordia Titan. 
 
 This feems, indeed, to be a #/?)> of the £foi- 
 wfcjr, imprinted for the Good of Mankind in 
 
 thofe 
 
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 tbofe whofe Souls are wound up to a higher 
 Pitch than ordinary, and iniiuencedTo, as to 
 grow enamourM of glorious Danger, while it 
 defpifes ignoble Eafe , and Safety bafely 
 bought. This was antiently thought He- 
 rpifm :, and to bring the Mind of Men to 
 this Bent , Orators , Hiftorians , and Poets 
 employed their utmofi: Efforts in their feveral 
 Styles : Nay, the celebrating worthy A&i- 
 ons and tranfmitting the Memory of them to 
 Poftcrity, in order to incite others to an Imi- 
 tation of them, was what thefe Eloquent Men 
 chiefly valued themfelves upon j ranking their 
 own rraifes far inferior to thofe due to the 
 Performers of the noble Exploits that fur- 
 nHVd them a Theme. 
 
 No a can it be alledged that Fortitude is a 
 barbarous Virtue , held in Efteem only by 
 Heathens i ignorant of the True God } fince 
 the Books of Judpes , Chronicles, and fome 
 others of f acred Writ, are fcarcc any Thing 
 more than Records of Atchievcments per- 
 formed by the Worthies among God's chofen 
 People* And if univerfal Consent has been 
 looked upon as a ftrong Argument in Favour 
 of fome Tenets ^ we (hall find that alfo as re- 
 markably on the Side of the Virtue I endea- 
 vour to defend :, as it is evident to all who 
 are vers'd in Hiftory, and in the Accounts 
 we have of the Indians ^ jcfpecially the Ame- 
 ricans, among whom, we are perfuaded that, 
 
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 a very anticnt Eftccm for Valour has produ- 
 ced amazing Inflanccs of their Excellency in 
 the Practice of it. This Authority is the 
 (trongcr, becaufc it cannot be faid that they; 
 imbibed this Error (as 'tis calPd) by their' 
 Con verfation with Us, or that vvc learnt it of 
 TbenL our Communication together being of 
 Jo late a Date. 
 
 r~~ But I need not lay too great Strefs on' 
 Univerfal Confent : Mankind has often, and 
 will to the World's End, agree in very grofs 
 Miftakes : and therefore nothing ought indeed 
 :o be' received, ' but what fubfifts on folid Ilea- 
 
 I fon. I do not believe my Argument will fuf- 
 fer any Difadvantage by fubmiting to: this 
 Tcjl ^ nor ought I to be afraid to enter into 
 the Caufes why fortitude, claims a Sort o£ 
 Preeminence anions other 'Moral Virtv.cs. I 
 know of none that dare vye or enter into " 
 Comparifon with it but Jit (lice, :, under which 
 Head [ particularly comprehend , and have 
 regard to , the truly venerable. Art of framinp- 
 Law's, governing with Equity y and rcftniining 
 Vice. But furciy , among Virtues , the Pre- 
 cedence is m'qft juftly due to that, without" 
 which the others cannot fubfifi;. Salon and 
 hycufffiis had ranged Mankind under admi- 
 rable Regulations in vain ; had there been no ' 
 Tbcmiflocles\ no AgeJIlaw, no Epambwndas y : 
 to prored Conjikutions formed with the iit- 
 moft Fofefight and Wifdow. 
 
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 A Avfamqvs Orator, whofe Talent lay ano- 
 ther u r ay, has indeed Iccm'd to decide in fa- 
 vour of the Pacijick Arts % 
 
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 -Cedant Anna tog&. 
 
 Thcfe Arts have, no doabt, their Merit, finoe 
 the Defence of them is the Motive that enga- 
 ges the True Hero on their Side, .,'We will; 
 not therefore enter into a frivolous Difpute a- 
 bout Precedency ( fitter for thofe whofe Ex- 
 cellency IksinDifputatioTiy*) but only remark, 
 that the Eloquent Author of that Aphorifm, 
 afterwards loft his Head, and Rome its Liber- 
 ty, for want of being fupported by fume 
 friendly Champions, fuperior in Military Vir- 
 tues, vS. thofe prosperous Enemies' of their 
 Country, who put him to Death, 
 
 But fetting Military Exploits afide, there is 
 a Courage neceilary even to Civil Adminijlra- 
 tion , which no Man can poffefs without be- 
 ing ttrongly Arm'd againft the Fear of 
 Death. 
 
 I s u p'p o s E it will be granted me , that 
 there is no Method of Repelling an open Inva- 
 fion, but by a Military Force \ and alfo, that 
 Fortitude is the Soul of an Army. It remains 
 then, that I (hew the Efficacy of this Virtue 
 againft fecret Practices by Corruption, which 
 
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 are often more dangerous than public!: At- 
 tacks. 
 
 Bribery is the Certain Bane of States 
 where it prevails : And a Bribe, to any parti- 
 cular Man, is what that Man values moft. Its 
 
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 to Gold, but over-rate their Lives, may be 
 
 corrupted by Threats, inftead of Promifes* 
 And what Difference is there, in the Confe- 
 rences, between my Selling my Friends, my 
 Self, and my Country, for Riches j or for any 
 other Prize ? between my being Rewarded 
 with the Grant of whole Provinces, or of my 
 Life only ? Any Tyrant who can get me in- 
 to his Power, as effectually Influences me to 
 the worft of evil A&icns, by the Affiftance 
 of my own Fears, as by the moft powerful 
 Considerations of any other kind what- 
 ever. 
 
 Now as it is impoffible for any Society to 
 be profperous, or fafe, where its Members are 
 not refolute in Oppofing open Affaults with 
 the hazard of their Lives } and are not alfo 
 Proof againft Corruption, either by Promises 
 or Threats ; it became highly the htereft of 
 all (efpecially fuch as were leaft fit for Mili- 
 tary Achievements) to inculcate aPfiricip 
 by which lYizDefencelefs were to be proteded 
 
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 by the Valiant, from Foreign' Injuries 5 and 
 the Intereft of the Community effectually fe- 
 cured from Domcftick Treafon. 
 
 A f t E li what 1 have (aid to prove that 
 Contempt of Death is in itfclf Jultly eftcem'd 
 the molt exalted of all Virtues ; 1 need not 
 take much Fains to (hew, that ft m eminently 
 difiinguijhable in Military Men. It very fcl- 
 dom happens that any Embrace the Profcflion 
 of Arms, but fuch whole Complexion inclines 
 to Activity, rather than Sfoui \ to conceive i/^/j 
 Enterprises, and attempt Vnjjiculties, rather 
 than decline Labour or Hazard: Such in 
 whom a more robuft Frame of Bodv, a Greater 
 Quantity of Animal Spirits, and (tronger Si- 
 news, generate that Sort of Confidence, which 
 is called (mirage , and which by the Force of 
 Example, and habitual Encountering of Dan- 
 gers , improves into a Contempt of them. 
 This firainM (till higher by Emulation, and 
 Shame of yielding to any thing like Fear • by 
 degrees heightens the Soul to a Temper of 
 being able to bear, almoit with Indifference, 
 the View of its Separation from the Body. 
 
 Having,! hope, made this Point pretty 
 clear, ir remains that I apply it to my Purpofe, 
 and ihew that this Heroick Temper of the 
 Mind , whether exerting itfclf in its A8ive y 
 or Pa/five Capacity \ has been remarkably well 
 directed to the molt generous Ends, and pro- 
 
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 duccd the mod ufeful Effects in our Brit if !j 
 Armies. To demonftrate this, and vindicate 
 a ProfeiTion founded on fo excellent a Bajis\ 
 is the Scope and Intention of the following 
 Sheets. But before I come too clofe to my 
 Matter, it is neceffary that 1 remove an Obfta- . 
 tie ftill in my way. 
 
 I know it will be objeftcd, that Courage 
 and Valour are here commended in too general 
 Terms ; whereas it is evident, that on many 
 Occafions, they have been as pernicious, as 
 they cou'd be ufeful to the World. Any o- 
 ther Virtue is as liable to this Objc&ion 5 the 
 Excefs, or Mifapplication of them, may be as 
 prejudicial, as their proper Operations are be- 
 neficial to Society. My Intention was only 
 to {how, that Fortitude is in itfelf a Virtue: 
 To diftinguiih the Sorts of it, and obferve 
 how it may be mifapply'd, wou'd require a 
 longer, and more acurate Treatife ; I fliall 
 only fay as much on this Subjeft as conduces 
 to my Deiign * 3 and that as briefly as pofli- 
 ble. 
 
 O it a Appetites, nay Lufls and Paffions, art 
 Perfections of our Nature j and doubtlefs im- 
 planted in us for good Ends : But when left 
 at large, without proper Reflriftions, work 
 difinal Effefts. So Courage (in itfelf highly 
 Valuable) happening to be join'd with 
 Strength, in Men offelfijb, violent, and un- 
 jujl Tempers \ hurries them on to all kinds 
 
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 of Wickednefs, and makes them but the more 
 dangerous to Societies. This is properly a 
 Courage of Confutation. There is alfo a Cou- 
 rage ofReafon , when People by Nature ti- 
 morous, are urged by Neceflity, and feeing 
 no other Way of Eicape j or inftruScd by 
 Difcipline, to ailume a Rcfolution foreign from 
 their Tempers, according to the Exigency of 
 Affairs. And laftly, a Courage of Honour, 
 which is always founded on Juftice : The 
 two firfl Kinds feldom meeting with any Ap- 
 plaufe, unlefs it be to Illuftrate the third Sort, 
 hy fhewing the Advantage it has over them. 
 This laft is what we maintain to be trite 
 Magnanimity, and what our Britijh Army has 
 been (ignally Excellent in, tho* (for bafe Ends 
 already mention'd ) Branded by a fhamelefs 
 Faftion with Calumnies as black, as they a* 
 falfe. 
 
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 i H E ufual Reproaches cad on the Army 
 are Avarice, Cruelty, 'Pride, Drunkennefs, Ra- 
 pine, Profit/ion, and Irreligion. Heavy Char- 
 ges indeed ! but fuch as it is eafier to •■.Hedge, 
 than prove. I hope it would not be difficult 
 to make out that thdcVices are not more fla- 
 grant, and the contrary Virtues noc lefs culti- 
 vated in the Army, than in any other Socie- 
 ties^ proportionably to the Numbers of each. 
 
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 V P o N the Heads of Avarice and fUpine, 
 the Accufations that are urged againft Soldi- 
 ers ( but especially Officers ) are reduceable 
 either to Plunder, defrauding Inferiors of their 
 Dae, or extorting exceflive Contri buttons \ for 
 as for hoarding what they are legally entitled 
 to, if that were a Fault, it is one they arc 
 cleared from by a Contrary Accufatioir of too 
 great Profit/ton. But Impartially examining 
 what Grounds the firft Imputation fubiifts on, 
 {hall we not iind that there is no Society of 
 Men bound by (IriEler Laws againft Rapine, 
 than Soldiers, nor any Laws incre fevercly 
 put in Execution ? Are there not many Ex- 
 amples of poor Fellows put to Death for Steal- 
 ing, or Violently taking a Loaf or a Hen, tho' 
 they were conftrained almoft by an abfolute 
 Nccefiity to Rob or Starve ? But fuch an Ef- 
 fect has this admirable Difcipline, that in a 
 Body of iccooo Men, naturally the mod: 
 daring and licentious of the Nations they be- 
 long to, (notwithstanding that the Severity 
 already 'mention'd fpares none who are found 
 Guilty) one fees fewer Executions in a whole 
 Campaign, than at two Seflions at the Old* 
 Baily in this Well-govern'd City. 
 
 Bearing hard on Inferiors in Point of 
 Dues, has occafioned a louder, and I mull 
 fay, a jufter Clamour than any other : For 
 
 in- 
 
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 indeed fome Officers have laid themfelves too 
 open to Reprehcnfion on this Head. But per- 
 haps when even this is narrowly infpeded 
 into, it will appear that the greateft Abufes 
 have not fprung from Gentlemen educated in 
 the Army, but from fome who obtained mill- 
 tary Pofts, as a Reward for Civil Services - 
 and who enter'd into them with no Notions 
 beyond the making the mo (I of their Bar- 
 gain. But allowing this Charge it's utmoft 
 Force, it will not be .hard to parallel the 
 worft Proceedings in the Army, while we 
 have in the Civil Government" Overfeers of 
 the Poor , Church-Wardens , &c. Not to 
 fearch any deeper into this Sore. 
 
 A s to extorting Contributions, every Bo- 
 dy knows, who is eVe fo little inform'd of 
 the Army's Operations in the late War , that 
 there was no Room left for any fuch Com- 
 plaint againft Soldiers or Officers. The Con- 
 tributions were paid to the Generals by Sti- 
 pulation, and apply 'd to defray the Ex pence 
 cf Sieges : Nor is it lefs evident, that the 
 moft exaS Difcipline imaginable was accord- 
 ingly obferved with Regard to the Country, 
 then, the Theatre of War, Whether it have 
 not fuffer'd more in this Wzy^Jince the Peace 
 is an Enquiry I (hall not enter into. 
 
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 I cannot leave this Point without ta- 
 king notice of the moft canker d Malice and 
 Envy of the Soldiers Adverfaries, who grudg- 
 ing them the Subfiftencp paid them by the 
 Government, urge their receiving Pay as one 
 of the mod grievous and heinous Offences 
 Men cou'd be guilty of: As if the Publick 
 were robbed and fpoiied of all that it furnifhes 
 to Soldiers, for its neceflary Defence. Thefe 
 Men fum up all their Venom againft the Army 
 in the opprobrious Term of Mercenaries, by 
 which they wou'd have People underftand 
 an infolent, licentious, lawlefs, cruel, rapaci- 
 ous Rout, pernicious to Civil Society, and in- 
 confiftent with all good Government, This 
 they impofe on poor ignorant Folks , who 
 know not that Mercenary, in its good Accep- 
 tation, fignifies no more than receiving a Sa- 
 lary for their Services. And what Clafs or 
 Order of Men, I pray, may not as juftly be 
 charged with thus much, as the Army } We 
 'daily fee all Handicrafts-Men and Labourers, 
 receive the Hire of their Induftry , yet don't 
 repine at it. We patiently bear the great fi- 
 liates railed by ' Lawyers , Vhyficians , Mer- 
 chants, Sec. without exprcfling any violent 
 Indignation : Nay, we can without a Mur- 
 mur fee Stock-Jobbers, Gamejlers, Pimps, In- 
 formers, Mijfes, Bauds, and Pamphlet-Scrib- 
 blers, thrive by their Cheats , and vile Occu- 
 pations : 
 
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 pations : We feldom hear thefe railed at by 
 the Title of Mercenary Lawyers, Mercenary 
 Vhyficians, &c. But does a Gentleman by 
 wafting the beft of his Days in Winter Camps ; 
 amidfl unfpeakable Toils and Hazards, by 
 expofing himfelf to the Lofs of Limbs, de- 
 priving himfelf of all Eafe , or Enjoyment, 
 daily rifting Life it felf, with all elfe that 
 can be valuable to him : Does fuch a one, I 
 fay, after Twenty Campaigns fave to himfelf 
 a Competency to enable him to pafs the Re- 
 mainder of a batter d Old Age above Contempt 
 or Mifery .<? He is immediately the Mark of 
 thefe Men's utmoft Spite and Envy. Thefe 
 Soldiers ! thefe Mercenaries ! ruin us , fpoil 
 us, fuck our Bloods , and prey on our Vi- 
 tals ! 
 
 The Trade of War (God knows) is bui: 
 a poor ungrateful one at beft, but were it: 
 more profitable, I know no Men, that ought 
 iefs to be grudged what they earn than Sol- 
 diers. I am fure that were the moft courage- 
 ous of their Advcrfiries to be expofed one 
 Night, to the advance Guard of the Trenches 
 at a Sie^e, engaged in one Battel , or AfTauIt 
 of a Breach j they wou'd be convinced that 
 fome nobler Principle muft animate Men to 
 encounter fuch Difficulties , and face fuch 
 Dangers, than the Lucre of five or ten Shil- 
 lings a Day. And, if one cou'd fuppofe any 
 
 In- 
 
( 2 ° ) 
 
 Ingenuity in fucli Wretches, they vvou'd be 
 forced toconfefs, that the ufual Pay, clogged 
 with Delays, DeduBk?u; txceffive Fees - 7 and 
 abridged by NorhPajwent of Arrears, <kc. is 
 but a flight Recom pence for Services of that 
 Nature : Heaven knows , far from an invidi- 
 ous State of Profperity ! 
 
 Mercenary , in the word Senfe of the 
 Word, means fuch as wou'd be hired to any 
 Aftion ever fo vile, or deftruftive to Man- 
 kind. How well this Character may fit 
 thofe, who (after having ridiculed Religion, 
 banter'd common Senfe, and decry 'd all Mo- 
 rality) employ'd their Pens and Tongues in 
 vilifying the Army j I leave the World to 
 judge : But fare it can never fuit Men of Ho- 
 nour, whom thefe Wretches have no greater 
 Quarrel to, than that they wou'd not be ca- 
 joled, threatned, or hired to join in their igno- 
 minious Proceedings^ or be Inftruments of De- 
 iirudion to their Religion and Country. But 
 as receiving Pay has been reprefented in fo 
 odious a Manner, it will not be amifs to give 
 fome Account how the Pay of Armies came 
 at iirft to be fettled, by tracing the Steps that 
 were taken, and noting the Caufes that made 
 it necefTary : For it is certain, that Men in- 
 fpired with fo generous a Principle, did for a 
 long Time defpife all Recompence, but what 
 they found in Virtue it felf j till the Circum- 
 
 ftances 
 
i 
 
 .U' ) - 
 
 ftanccs of Affairs, made this Self Venial itri- 
 prafticable. 
 
 In the Infancy of the World, when Quar- 
 rels were produced between Petty Princes, 
 or Inconsiderable States, by frivolous Difpittes 
 concerning Limits, &c. and when Military 
 Difcipline was not yet improved into an Art i 
 thefe JRw/dk were commonly decided in a ve- 
 ry fhort Time, by one Scuffle or two between 
 the contending Parties. The Lightnefs o£ 
 the Labour, and fome little Point of Natio- 
 nal Honour mi^ht be Inducement enough, to 
 perfuade Men to go five or fix Miles from 
 Home on a fet Day, meet the Foe, and put 
 the Hlue of their Caufe on zfew Hours Dan-. 
 s*er and Fatigue. And even in Procefs of 
 Time, when the Stakes grew more confidc- 
 rable, and Wars were managed by greater 
 Numbers, yet they feldom carry 'd Armies 
 very far, or kept Men long from their Civil 
 Occupations. 
 
 But when Luft of Power excited ambi- 
 tious Monarchs, or over-grown Republicks 
 to extend their Frontiers, and Expeditions 
 into diftant Countries were undertaken, which 
 employ'd Soldiers in ''long Campaigns ^ and 
 whole Tears of Service \ then it was no lon- 
 ger ppflible to enlift Numbers without allow- 
 ing fome reafonable Equivalent for the Inter- 
 
 
 

 ( « ) 
 
 miffion of their Occupation , as well as for a 
 Reward of fuch painful Labours. 
 
 N o w, Money was not ) r et the Medium of 
 Trade (Commerce being carry'd on by Bar- 
 ter) therefore other Recompences were allot- 
 ted to military Men, as Plunder, filling the 
 Prifoners, &:c. and large Lots of the con- 
 quer'd Lands, proportion^! out to the Soldi- 
 ers, with a particular Regard to fuch as had 
 diftincmifh'd themfelvcs in A&ion. 
 
 As the World grew more expert, the Art 
 of Coining found out , and War was ma- 
 naged not only with more Skill and Oecono- 
 my, but carry 'd on with more Danger and 
 Fatigue, and in Countries further remote j it 
 then became neceifary, not only to fix a Sti- 
 'pendium for the Soldiers, but to add further 
 Encouragements , furnifh Provifwns , permit 
 the Sack of Towns, bellow Medals, invent 
 Marks of Honour, and confer abundant Lar- 
 geffes, dec. ^ 
 
 I n latter Times (when Chriftianity is faid 
 to have civilized the World ) Wars are car- 
 ry 'd on with more Humanity, the Profit of 
 felling Prifoners no longer fubfifts, rich 
 Towns arc feldcm or never given over to the 
 Pillage of the Soldiers , the Advantages of 
 Contributions are better understood, and bet- 
 ter apply 'd 5 Wars are longer, and more ex- 
 pensive y Campaigns laft the whole Year. 
 As the Difficulties increafe; 3 the Emoluments 
 
 di- 
 
( n ) 
 
 diminifh : No Reward is .given forextraordi- 
 nary Services :, not fo much as Preferment^ 
 which is oftener owing to good Fortune, than 
 Merit* No poor Weather-beaten Veteran 
 cultivates, now-a-days, his fertile Acres, ac- 
 quired by Martial Prowefs : Rags, Scars, 
 and Honour, are all his Inheritance , and the 
 twofirjl, being worth no one's Acceptance, 
 envious Wretches attempt to rob him of the 
 loft. 
 
 Besides, Military Art is now refined to 
 the utmoft Degree of Perfection, and requires 
 the ferving more than one Apprenticejkip^vttth. 
 the greatelt Application, before a Man can 
 arrive at a Majlery in it -, fo that all other 
 Thoughts mult be laid afide, all other Em- 
 ploy merit waved, and every other gainful 
 Profeiiion totally neglected, in Order to ac- 
 quire a tolerable Meafure of Skill in this Sci- 
 ence. Whoever undertakes this painful Oc- 
 cupation , lofes all Hopes of fucceeding in 
 any other Way of Livelihood, and conse- 
 quently rife his Fortune, as well as Life, for 
 the Defence of his Country. The Allow- 
 ance then of Pay will, I humbly conceive, 
 appear to impartial Men, not lefs reafonable 
 in thefe Days, than in former Times. 
 
 If any Credit were given to the Scurrility 
 of the Decryers of the Army, People mufl 
 think Soldiers a Species of Creatures nourifh'd 
 
 D 2 in 
 
( H) 
 
 in Blood, inur'd to Cruelty, and pleafed xo 
 
 execute the barbarous Vengeance of any com- 
 manding Tyrant , without Remorfe or any 
 Regard "to Right or Wrong, They have been 
 {tiled the Bullies and Bravoes to the Deligh- 
 ters in "War, by thofe who delight in an in- 
 famous French Peace. But that a red Coat 
 no more inclines Men to Blood than a black 
 one, nor a Drum more loudly refounds whol- 
 fomc Severities than a Pulpit, will eafily ap- 
 pear to fuch as will enquire into Matter of 
 
 Fact 
 
 The Britiffj Nation in general, is accufed 
 by Foreigners of being Sanguinary, that is, 
 Levers of Sights accompany \.l with Blood- 
 Jbe'd. They draw their Inferences from the 
 Eagernefs {hewn by our Mob, at Bull-Bait- 
 ings , Cock-Matches , Prize-Fightings, &c. 
 This unjuft Conciufion proceeds from want 
 of Skill in the Nature of Mankind. A har- 
 dy , magnanimous People are, and always 
 were, fond of fuch Sports, where noble Con- 
 tefts are managed with fome Mixture of Dan- 
 ger to the' Antagonifts: But they arc not in- 
 fenfible , at the fame Time, of Compafiion 
 for their Difaftcrs •, and really it is this Con- 
 cern which engages People, and heightens 
 r their Relifh of thefe Diverfions. Thus Men 
 are plcas'd at the skilful Reprefentation of a 
 deep Tragedy •-, not that they are unmoved at 
 the Melancholy Scene - if fo , they could 
 
 have 
 
( ^ ) 
 
 Siave no Pieafurer It "is 'becaufe they 
 are extremely touch'd, and love to be fo 
 touch'd, that they frequent thefe Spectacles. 
 And it may be remark'd, that People of the 
 beft Nature, and mod: compaflionate Temper, 
 are inclin'd to feek Occafions of Exerting 
 thefe Qualities, in the Contemplation of Vir- 
 tue in Diftrefs. -J 
 
 I have been led into a kind of Digreflion, 
 but it is not altogether ufelefs to the Matter 
 in hand : For as 1 have (hewn, that the gene- 
 ral Charge of Cruelty brought againft our 
 Nation, ftands on a wrong Foundation } it 
 will be no lefs eafy to demonftrate, that the 
 •Pommon-place Cry of Bloocl-thirfiy Soldiers, is 
 partial and unjuft. The Ignorant run away 
 with a Notion, that all who engage in a Mili- 
 tary Life, profefs Murder. To Combat fuch 
 Opinions, there is no Occafion for Argument ; 
 the Vaci fpeaks loudly againft them. There 
 are a hundred Inftances of capricious quarrel- 
 fome Men's becoming cafy and tradable in 
 the Army \ but perhaps not one 3 of any Per- 
 fon's bringing a quiet and peaceable Difpofi- 
 tion with him into the Camp, and lofing or 
 converting it into a turbulent jangling Tem- 
 per, by his Converfation with Soldiers. Add 
 to this, that where a hkh Point of Honour 
 reigns, one feldom or ever hears of any bafe 
 Action. If Quarrels arife, (as where do they 
 
 not 
 
( ** ) 
 
 not at one Time or other > ) they are fairly 
 decided, and no Malice remains lurking in the 
 Breads of the Parties, which afterwards breaks 
 out into Villanous Contrivances of each others 
 Ruin. Among them, one never hears of Men 
 treacheroufly ftab'd or murder'd in their Beds • 
 and indeed Occafion is feldom given for fuch 
 violent Proceedings , becaufe . Soldiers accu- 
 flom'd to a frank generous Behaviour, know 
 fo well the Value of Reputation , that they 
 are extremely cautious of Blading it in ano- 
 ther. It is proper for me to make one Re- 
 mark more, the Truth of which is known to 
 every Body that has been converfant in our 
 Armies, during this late War, and with which 
 I may conclude this Subject, becaufe it leaves 
 no Room for Doubt, with fuch as are capable 
 cf being convine'd of the Truth of any Al- 
 legation in favour of the Army. 
 
 T H e unfair Proceedings of the trench in 
 many Particulars, made it often expedient to 
 ufe Severities by way of Reprifii \ and ac- 
 cordingly, Orders were Iflucd out to give no 
 Quarter on certain Occafions to {\x\2\\iiobbing 
 Parties, who in the Habit of Veafants, ex- 
 tremely infefted the Country and our Army. 
 But notwithftanding that many of our Men 
 had been Sufferers by that Crew of Thieves, 
 and had frequent Opportunities of taking a 
 Revenge, jujliffd by pojitive Orders ^ yet no- 
 thin 
 
 rr 
 
( -7 ) 
 
 thing cou'd prevail on thofe -of -our- Nation to 
 comply with them in this Particular : Nor 
 can I recolleft one Execution of this kind, . 
 committed by our Soldiers, during the whole. 
 Time of my Service. 
 
 As for the Sins of Dninkennefs-, Immora- 
 lity, and frofanenefs ; I heartily wifh they, 
 cou'd not fo jui'Uy be charg'd upon the Nati- 
 on in general and the Wickednefs of the A^e 
 we live in. I can only fay they are not more 
 ( perhaps lcfs) flagrant amon^ the Soldiers, 
 than among other Orders of Men in our 
 Country. If their Spiritual^ as well as Tem- 
 poral Guides, would edify the meaner Sort by 
 good Example, it might greatly contribute to 
 a Reformation. 
 
 But I (hall touch, perhaps, upon the very 
 Source of Detraction, the very Main-Spring of 
 the Envy born to Military Men, when I men- 
 tion their expenfive way of living, which pro- 
 vokes all the Malignant Spirits of fuch whofe 
 Circumftances or Temper will not allow them 
 to gratify their Appetites, in (what they call) 
 fo profuji a manner. Nothing more exafpe- 
 rates Country-Gentlemen, whofe Expences are 
 chiefly apply'd to the folid Pleafures of Beef] 
 QVtobe)\ Hounds and Horfe-jlejb :, than to fee 
 a young gay Enfign ftrut in gawdy Goaths, 
 
 the 
 
( -8 ) 
 
 the Model of the Mode , the Delight of die 
 Fair Sex, and the Envy of his own. The 
 firft Reflection that occurs to him on thefe 
 Gccafions, is, That he pays Four Shillings in 
 the Pound towards the Maintenance of this 
 happy Spark •, and fo purfuing the Thought 
 no further, he concludes that this Infolcnt 
 Specks of Mortals is a Nufance to his Coun- 
 try, (which too often centers in himfelf,) 
 That they are the Caterpillars that devour 
 both Fruit and Bloflom , and therefore wiflies 
 them utterly deftroy'd from the Face of the 
 Earth, Did he confider a little better, he 
 might reflect, that he now faw the Butter-jly 
 m its Sun-jbine, adorn'd with all its gawdy 
 Plumes, and Revelling in the Pleafures of its 
 Spring : But were he truly fenlible of the 
 nipping Frolls, Want, and Mifery, it had en- 
 dur'd in its Winter ; lie wou'd then perceive, 
 that its prefent liappinefs was over-balanc'd by 
 paft and future Ills* To fpeak more ferioufly, 
 Is it fo ftrange that Young Gentlemen, expos'd 
 for eight Months in the Year to all the Incon- 
 veniences of Want, Cold, Fatigue, and Dan- 
 ger, Ihou'd at their Return home endeavour 
 to make themfelves fome amends, by fpending 
 the remainder of their Time (and perhaps two 
 Thirds of their Years Subfiftance) in purfuit - 
 of fuch Pleafures as Tranquility can afford 
 them for a few Months only ? 
 
 I RE A- 
 
( ^9 ) 
 
 I r E A D I l y join with any Body in Opi- 
 nion,, thai another Sort of Conduct wou'd be, 
 more prudent , that a moderate Enjoyment of 
 (heir Satisfactions, wou'd provoke lets Envy j 
 as a better ©economy wou'd maintain them in 
 more convenient Circumflances. But are 
 People to be thus criminally Arraign'd only 
 for want of a little Prudence in their private 
 Management ? Then why is not the Young 
 Heir fo perfecutcd for Squandering away a 
 noble Efhte ? Or the grave Gentlcmm with 
 a numerous Family for his Gamins exceiuve- 
 ly ? Why is not fuch a Lord reviled for die 
 Pride he takes in his Equipage ? Such ano- 
 ther for his Profuiion in Miftreiles, Ctoaths, 
 or Building ? No, all Vices are pardonable, 
 it feems, or even allowable in any Clafs of 
 Men, except Soldiers, If thefe were treated 
 like the reft of Mankind, and accufed only of 
 Folly in this Part of their Condud, it wou'd 
 not be eafy to defend them from tint Imputa- 
 tion. And the Confequences of it deferve, in 
 my Opinion, Pity rather than Envy. For if 
 they will needs chufe a fhort Life and d 
 merry ^ If they will fpend all their own fmall 
 Pittance in One Day. ftretch their Credit till 
 it cracks, and fubjed themfelves to drav* 1 out 
 the Fag-end of Life, in Debt, Gaols, and Mi- 
 feiy : I don't fee that they are accountable to' 
 any but themfelves. 
 
(30) ' 
 
 Profusion, is not a Vice peculiar 
 to Soldiers : It is now pretty generally in 
 
 Vofme, but its Rife in the Army is owing to 
 the fame Cauje that has produced all Mifchiefs 
 fatal to our I Hand j namely, zfervih Imitation 
 of the French j an Evil which has increafed 
 upon us, fince it became the Falhion ( nay 
 almoft a Lav/ ) to call them our only true 
 Friends in Europe \ and the bold Man, who 
 dar'd to exert his Reafon, and fay otherwife, 
 was immediately Accused of Invading Prero- 
 
 gative* 
 
 This light Nation, whofe Vanity is its pre- 
 dominant PaJJlon\ thinking itfclf fecure of 
 Univerfal Empire, had of late Years begun to 
 aft in all Things, with a fort of Superiority 
 over the reft of Mankind \ whom they defpi- 
 fed to fuch a degree, that they fcorncd to 
 confine themfelves to the rigorous Laws of 
 exact Difcipline and Temperance, (the fureft 
 Way to Conqueft,) but affefted a kind of 
 Pomp and Luxury in Enflaving the World : 
 Which empty Foppery, perhaps, did not the 
 leaft contribute to the defeating their ambiti- 
 ous Defigns. One of the firft Symptoms, and 
 worft EfFefts of a decaying Difcipline, is the 
 permitting Foils in the Army to be purchafed 
 over the Heads of Veteran Officers, by Young 
 Noblemen of little or no Service. Accord- 
 ingly we faw their Armies filPd with Petiss 
 
 Maifires, 
 
*!—■»«.■■ ■ -, W.> . — 
 
 ( V ) 
 
 Maiflres, who having little Military "Merit to 
 recwmnend them, had recourfc to keeping 
 areac Tables, and introducing all the Luxury 
 and Debauchery of Paris, into their Caiaps of 
 Flanders. I wifli I cou'd fay this pernicious 
 Cuflom had ftop'd there j and had not rather 
 (like a Deferter) quitted the Vanquifitd, to 
 cnliil: with the Conquerors. 
 
 I think there is no Common Objection 
 or Fault laid to the Army, but what I have 
 either anfwer'd or excus'd. I wifh fome abler 
 Pen had undertaken this Defence, but in fo 
 good a Caufe perhaps even iny weak Endea- 
 vours may fuffice. 
 
 Some will feem fo fair as to own that 
 (whatever may have been the pergonal Faults 
 of particular Members of the Army) the Pro- 
 feffion has been cleared from mod of the falfe 
 Imputations again ft it : or at lead, that if 
 there were any inherent Vices in it, the Vir- 
 tue of thofe who have overcome them, muft 
 be the more worthy Remark and Commenda- 
 tion. But then they will alledge, that if 
 thefe Gentlemen's Behaviour has been com- 
 mendable, it is becaufe their Services have 
 been gratefully Acknowledged : They have 
 had no Provocations, Tryals, or Temptations 
 to act othcrwife than Right \ and (then to be 
 fure a Proverb is quoted) the Devil himfelf is 
 good when he's pleas' d. 
 
 E 2 Such 
 
( V- ) 
 
 Suck an Artful Extenuation of Merit, is 
 more to be guarded aaainit thin the indifcrcet 
 Fury of an avov/'d Enemy, hecaufe it carries 
 with it an Air of Moderation and Impartia- 
 lity^ which is capable of doing more Mifchief 
 than Scurrilous Railing, as it generally meets 
 with more Credit among the unprejudiced Tart 
 of Mankind. To obviate the ill Effefts of it 
 in our Cafe, it will be expedient to fhew. 
 that the Army has fuffer'd great Hard/hips in 
 the Exercife of their Duty^ and in point of 
 Pay : That fubtle Snares have been laid to 
 entrap their Honefty : That great Temptations 
 and Threats have been craftily pra&ifed, and 
 as bravely refilled :, and that their Behaviour 
 under this ill Ufage has been not only Ir- 
 reproachable, but defcrving of fome Ap- 
 plaufc. 
 
 I beg in with the Mention of feme of 
 the'/ Sufferings, and their Behaviour under 
 them :, in which 1 c:\nt propefe "co be very 
 Minute and Circumftantial, or to extend my 
 Obfervations any further than Times within 
 meft People's Memory. 
 
 It mufl be remember'd, to the Evcriaftinq; 
 
 Honour of hrkiih Soldiers , that when King 
 James had levy'd and modelPd an Army to 
 jupport him in his Arbitrary Defigns of En- 
 Having his Country ; That notwithihnding 
 
 his 
 
( 33) 
 
 his great Care to employ- -only -fuch as he 
 thought entirely zWij^/tofecond his Views: 
 Yet thofe Men were no fooner fenfible of his 
 unjuftifyable Contrivances , againlt the Reli- 
 gion and Liberty of thefc Nations } but they 
 withdrew themfelves from his Service, and 
 join'd in our Glorious Deliverer's immortal En- 
 terprise for our Refcue ; chuling to abandon 
 prefent Preferment and future Hopes ; and 
 hazard Fortune and Life in a good Caufe, ra- 
 ther than profper by a bad One \ or confent 
 to the Violation of their Country's Laws 
 /Snd Liberties, A Rare Example of true Publick 
 ~yl Spirit, and a Notable Document to ambitious 
 Princes, if any fuch fhou'd ever attempt here- 
 after to enflavc thefe Iflands ! 
 
 Soon alter, this Army (little inur'd to 
 the Toils of War) was led to the Reduftion 
 of Ireland :, where they had a melancholy 
 Opportunity of (hewing their pa/Jive Courage, 
 at the Camp of Dimdalk, which they kept 
 near Three Months with incredible Patience 
 and Courage, (tho' grievoufly afflicted with a 
 Sort of Epidemic Difeafe, and far inferior 
 in Number to the Enemy) and thereby pre- 
 ferred the Proteflant Interejl in that King- 
 dom. 
 
 1 pass over the many Battels, Sieges, or 
 other Military Operations, gallantly perform- 
 ed there in the Reduction of that Iiland, and 
 driving out the French, as well as quelling 
 
 an 
 
( 34 ) 
 
 an Army of Iriflj Papifts } both which had, 
 in Time, been made ufe of to fubvert the 
 Government here. But referring my .Reader 
 to the Hiitories of thofc Times, I come ro 
 mention what relates to the Army when the 
 happy lifuc of that domeflkk War % gave the 
 Kino; Leifure and Opportunity to transfer 
 the Scene to the Enemies Conquer'd Countries 
 in Flanckrs. 
 
 King William the Third of Immortal 
 Memory, was, the whole Time of his Reien, 
 entangl'd in a Labyrinth of Difficulties, cun- 
 ningly contrived for Him , by the fame Loy- 
 al Party which has fince embroiled the Affairs 
 of all Europe. The oppofing, or rendring 
 ineffectual , all Funds for carrying on the 
 War, was the ultimate End of their utmoft 
 Vigilance and Application : By which Means 
 it conftantly happened that the King was con- 
 ftrained to take the Field later than the Ene- 
 my, and with inferior Forces ; and was often 
 put to the Dilemma of fuffering the French 
 to over-run all Flanders, or, ( in order to 
 ftop their Progrefs ) oppofe them with dif- 
 proportion'd Armies, under other great Dis- 
 advantages. It is no Wonder that the Suc- 
 cefs of Battels, thus unequally fought, pro- 
 ved contrary to his Wifties \ but it is worth 
 Remark, that in all thefe Actions, 'the Brave- 
 ry of the Britijb Troops was the fame as if it 
 
 had 
 
 
( 3$ ) J 
 
 had always been crown'd vvith Vlflory : And 
 though they were often forced to quit the j 
 Field, were never known to be difcouraged., 
 or to decline the next Opportunity of Fight- 
 ing j but fhew'd themfelves ever erefi in Dan- 
 ger, and chearful in fupporting the Fatigues, 
 even of an unfile cefs fid War. It muft noc 
 be forgotten that in the Progrefs of it, the 
 Nation labouring under the Agonies of an 
 expiring Credit at Home and x^broad, (by 
 the total Debafement of the current Coin) 
 the Officers of the Army ferved above two 
 
 ,-» 
 
 Years without receiving their Subfiftence, 
 fubmitting with the grcateft Alacrity imagi- 
 nable to all Extremities they were reduced 
 to, rather than by the leatt Murmur to di- 
 fturb the Quiet of their arrliclcd Country. 
 And to {hew that their Behaviour has ever 
 iince continued extrcamly Confident with the 
 Duty of true Subjects, and good Members of 
 the Commonweal, I iliail now come nearer 
 ■to our I^tcr Times, and lay open to the Pub- 
 lick View both the Provocations and Tempta- 
 tions they have endured , with their Deport- 
 ment under them * 5 which plain flating of 
 the Cafe, with a Recital of undoubted Fads, 
 will, I am confident, ferve for their entire 
 Vindication. 
 
 for- 
 
( 
 
 3* N 
 
 ) 
 
 Foriitcr Me fecit, qui mifer effe poiefl. 
 
 Martial Epigr.* 
 
 The late War in Flanders ( as it was by 
 much the mod Important to the grand Ends 
 for which War was undertaken) was alfo by 
 the admirable Management of my Lord Go- 
 dolphin fo well fupportcd, that the Forces 
 there cou'd fcarce complain of any Wants or 
 Hardfhips. Though, the many fitccefsful 
 Battels, laborious Marches , and hazardous 
 Sieves % did indeed feem to claim from the 
 Queen and Nation, fome extraordinary Boun- 
 ty, over and above daily Pay, as an Encou- 
 ragement and Reward of (o many glorious 
 Performances j The long and memorable Cam- 
 paign of Li fie and Ghent did particularly de- 
 ferve fome fuch Notice*, where the Army 
 kept the Field till after Chr'ijlmas, and fulfcr'd 
 much by Lofs of Horfes and Baggage, as 
 well as by cxtream Cold, and other Fatigutfs 
 angers* 
 
 and Dt 
 
 B u T in Spain the Army has been ufed at 
 that horrible Rate ever fince 171 1, that no- 
 thing in the World can account for it, but a 
 deliberate Defign of destroying that Body of 
 Men. And whoever will compare the Cir- 
 cumftances of the Minijlrfs Proceedings y 
 with the Pofture of their private TranfaSi- 
 
 on 
 
 r* 
 
 
( 37) 
 
 ens with France at. that -JtinBure^m^ .con- 
 clude, that their playing the Game Booty ; 
 on purpoie to lofe Spain ( which .was the 
 Bone of Contention ) was ftipulated between, 
 our Minftry, and theirs, as being more feaii- 
 ble, and having a better Grace on both Sides, 
 than its, being given up by an Article of the 
 Peace. On the French Part, it wou'd have. 
 had the Air of Conquefl, and furnifh'd an ex- 
 cellent Topick of Flattery to MeJJieurs; de 
 VAccademie Royak, who had not failed in 
 Offering fuch Inccnfe to the Shrine of their 
 Grand Monarchy as the Appearance of his 
 driving the Allies out of Spain wou'd have 
 afforded them. On the Part of our Mini- 
 forsi it was abfolutely neceflary. For the 
 Queen had fo often declared from the Throne, 
 and the Hoitfe of Lords (even fince the 
 lange in 1710. ) infilled on it as their po- 
 sitive Opinion, that Europe was not fafe if 
 Spain and the Indies were left in the Houfc 
 of Bourbon :, that our late Minifters them- 
 felves, had, I believe, no Glimpfe of Hope, 
 that this Nation could ever bear the ftirren- 
 dring the Prize they had fo long contended 
 for ; to the utter Ruin of the mod confide- 
 rable Branches of our Trade. The fuifering 
 Spain therefore to be wrefted out of our Hands, 
 with the agreeable Circumftancc of ridding 
 themfelves, at the fame Time, of Six thou- 
 
 F 6n<* 
 
 
( 33 ) 
 
 \fand Delightm in War , ' was the. fifed, eafi- 
 ft, and moft criminal Method of getting o- 
 vfcr fo knotty a Point :, and was therefore 
 chVen. 
 
 INhAt' what is here advane'd is not bare 
 Conjecture \ or at leaft, not iil grounded ; I 
 fub'mit ro the Judgment' of fuch aMvill en- 
 quire 5ntV and ducly coniider thjS one ilto- 
 ter of F/icc^<Ih'dt Of the Su\\-]S appropriated by 
 Parliament roalie 'Spanifi Service for the Year 
 1711. not abate one fifth '\fixt was remitted 
 within the due Time :> and/even that in fuch 
 a Manner, astb'obntribup^ very little to the 
 preventing'the Er^?> which (as they were 
 
 ..... 1 \ fc 
 
 i'cnuu.jj.iccsj i'iic ioL^VnJ iiicinonl-!: 
 
 pugn of Li/7, and G&k\id particnlarlyde- 
 crvc fomc fuch NfcceA-harc the Army 
 
 S I IC . Id S^ 6 '^''. andfufferVj 
 '"'"?;' ':>' ^'Voi [Junes a\iu Basmaec as 
 well as by c^fcam Cold, andkhcr^LW, 
 and Danqerd A 
 
 ^t^Jn s t in thc A " n y has '^ n u ^d at 
 
 that hobble Rate ever fince 171 lAhat no- 
 th naft thc World can account for ik but a 
 ;;f' v * ?«&» of deftroying that Body of 
 nvn. And whoever will compare the Cir- 
 ^m/tances of the Mmfirf, Proceeding , 
 U Ith thc Pofture of their private TranfSi 
 
( 39 ) 
 
 Bread into the Mouths of the. Poor Soldiers: 
 Vftill remained impofiible for them to march 
 out\f Quarters, and take the £ield. ; lms 
 ms\jugifl i 7 xi- when the Duke ac Fp- 
 dome ftjtfi'an Army of near 4 o,cooMen 
 threa'tnelthe utter Deftruction of Catdhma 
 with its tupiuK Barcelona. Nothing had 
 been more %eaflble than forthe iLnemy.to 
 have furnrized our feveral Regiments in their 
 Qparate (hiar\rs, and thnghter'd them with- 
 out Refiftahce -fince the forming a Lody to 
 onpofe them, was utterly impracticable. In 
 the mean Time our Soldiers were m the ut- 
 moft Want of ah Neceiianes, the, Ulicers 
 
 and the .h^.;/^ of i j;v/j (even fince the 
 Change in 1710. ) innfted on i'c as their po- 
 
 sitive Opinion/that Europe was not fafe xt 
 
 ujjutn iiiul v.hz/ iridic* were icic in die Houie 
 of Bourbon - ? that our late Minifters them- 
 felves, had/ I believe, no Glimpfe of Hope, 
 that this Nation could ever bear the furren- 
 dring the Pn;r^ they had fo long contended 
 for ^ to /the utter R?/i;z of the ftpft confide- 
 rable Bfranches of our Trade. The fuffering 
 S/^i/z therefore to be wrefted out of our Hands, 
 with/ the agreeable Circumftance of ridding 
 theijifelves, at the fame Time, of Six thou- 
 7 F fmi 
 
( 3* ) 
 
 fan J DeUghiers in War /-was the fafeft, eafi- 
 eft, and moil criminal Method of setting o- 
 ver fo knotty a Point :, and was therefore 
 
 chofen. 
 
 ThAT' what is here advane'd is not bare 
 Con'jeauri*. ; or at lead, not ill grounded ; I 
 fubmit to the judgment' of fuch as will en- 
 quire into; and ducly confider this one Mau 
 terofFtiB^ That Of die Sums appropriated by 
 Parliament to the Spaniflj Service for the Year 
 171 1. not above one fifth Fart was remitted 
 within the due Time :> and even that in fuch 
 a Manner, as to contribute very little to the 
 preventing 'the Ruin which (as they were 
 fufficiently inform'd) did hang over us: And 
 yet we were to be amuicd and told from 
 Time to Time, that all Things neceifary 
 ftiou'd be fupply'd'-j as will more plainly ap- 
 pear by what follows. 
 
 When the Duke oi-Argyle was appoint- 
 ed to command in Catalonia^ his Grace was 
 promised that he fhou'd meet with Bills at 
 Genoa ; but at his Arrival there , thofe Bills, 
 it feems, had flown over to Barcelona , and 
 when he landed in Catalonia, he found no 
 Signs of any Remittances there, for the Ufe 
 of the Army :, which mufl even then have 
 perifh'd, had not my Lord Duke made Ufe 
 of Ins own private Credit, to five that Body 
 of Troops from Deftruftion. What ccu'd 
 thus be borrow'd, was fcarce fufficient to put 
 
 Bread 
 
 
( 39 ) 
 
 Bread into the Mouths of the Poor Soldiers: 
 It dill remained impofiible for them to march 
 out of Quarters, and take the Field. This 
 was in Aitgufl 171 1. when the Duke de Ven? 
 dome, with an Army of near 40,000, Men 
 threatned the utter Deftru&ion of Catalonia* 
 with its Capital, Barcelona. Nothing had 
 been more Feafible than for the Enemy to 
 have furprized our fevcrai Regiments in their 
 feparate Quarters^ and llaughter'd them with- 
 out Refiftance ; fince the forming a Body to 
 oppofe them, was utterly impracticable. In 
 the mean Time our Soldiers were in the ut> 
 moil Want of all, Necdlaries, the. Officers 
 under the grcateft Apprehenfions imaginable.:, 
 daily expecting Mutinies, Defertion, a total 
 Difianding^ Robberies,. Sacrilege,, and indeed 
 all defperate Violences that Men driven to Ex- 
 tremities are capable of. To obviate ,thefe 
 Mifchiefs, if pofliblc •, no Care, no Expedient 
 was omittqd j the general Officers and Colo- 
 nels, borrow'd upon their own private Cre- 
 dit what Money they toijld, in their, feverai 
 Quarters ) and with thefe filial 1 Sums .(tho* 
 Witjl much Difficulty) for a while fuppprted 
 their Regiments. • .r '. '•.■■.< ■■ ■ 
 
 T.N; thefe Circumfcmces- what, wasnto be 
 done } Tamely lyeftiJTand be Knocked in 
 •the Head ? Rob' the Churches, and Monaste- 
 ries > Pillage our Quarters, raife the-..Coun- 
 
 F 2 try 
 
( 4° ) 
 
 try upon us, and fo find our felves cnclofed 
 between the French and Miquelets ? Or were 
 we to. affemble without Bread, without Car- 
 riages^ without * Sub/iflance, or a Fallibility 
 of procuring any ? if none of thefe Mea- 
 sures were advifeable, there remained but one 
 Expedient to difengage us : And that was 
 frankly tofacrifice the Marefchal de Stareni- 
 bero-^ with his Imperial Troops, the Dutch and 
 our own Palatines (a Panel of Foreigners!) 
 and make an Honourable Stipulation for our 
 own March home through France ; which, 
 no doubt, had been granted us, for fo va- 
 luable a ■ Con}- deration , as our reiigntng 
 all Spain, without further Trouble or Flood- 
 fied. 
 
 B'UT-alas'! thefe Meafiires fo well con- 
 certed ; were unfortunately broken- The 
 Duke of Argyle cou'd rot but perceive the 
 ill Ufage»given him, and 'tis probable that he 
 penetrated the very Arcanum of this Scheme. 
 Such Expedients were therefore ufed, by his 
 Grace and Mr. Mead , that they procured a 
 Fortnights Subfiftence for the Army j and 
 without any further Profpecl , took the Field 
 as confidently, as if they had expected to 
 have been fed by El) jab's Ravens. Under 
 thefe : ( I had almoit laid vifuperable) Diffi- 
 •cultics,- did' we begin : die memorable Campaign 
 of Prats- del Roy j -in which, by the Zeal of 
 
 qur 
 
. ( 4 1 ) - 
 
 our Generals, and Unparalleled Patience > 
 Courage, and Obedience of the Army ^ Wc 
 kept Poflcffion of Spain another Tear, ill 
 fpight of the French, and of our own Minu 
 Jlers. 
 
 I n the mean Time, the Anns of the Al- 
 lies were attended with the ufual Succefs in 
 Flanders: It was apprehended that their Pro- 
 grefs wou'd foon carry them to the Gates of 
 Paris, The French Court were Impatient of 
 Deiavs> and their Affairs wcu'd not bear fo 
 tedious a Method as waiting another Year for 
 the Bonne grace of teeming to Conquer Cata- 
 lonia. Frelh and earheft inihnces muft be 
 made to their Saviours our Mhiifters : It 
 therefore became nccefury for thefe- laft, to 
 pafs the Rubicon , and get over ■ the grand 
 Point of Surremlrin^' Spain by a Treaty. 
 'Tis very obfervable, that till about the Time 
 we can judge that this Important Bargain was 
 thus agreed on , no Money was remitted to 
 our Troops in that Country. ■' 
 
 I T is no lefs worth Remark , that even 
 after our Defertion of the Catalans, and our 
 being Tranfported into Minorca \ as the fame 
 Game was neceilary to make that Ifland unte- 
 nable :, fo the Army was again reduced to 
 the fame Indigence j and had not the Duke 
 of Ar gyles Plate and Equipage been left 
 there, by the greateft Chance in the World, 
 
 and 
 
( 4* ) 
 
 and made ufeof as a Fund for Credit-, and 
 had not Admiral Jennings twice or thrice in 
 the like Exigences advanced 5000 or 6000 
 Pounds of his own Money, or fuch as he 
 borrowed amongft the Captains of the Fleet j 
 Had not, I fay, thefe lucky Accidents inter- 
 posed, there is nothing more fure than that 
 Port-MaJjon had been long ago Abandoned, 
 and 5000 of the beft Englijb Foot the Sun 
 ever (hone upon, muft have been fatnijh \d i or 
 have fold themfelves to the Algerlnes , for 
 Bread. 
 
 Whoeve p.. is convinced by the. Pcr- 
 ufal of thefe Sheets, and Reflection on Mat- 
 ter of Fact, how Ruinous the Service in Spain 
 has been of late to the Officers in general •, 
 whoever confiders that the Soldiers 'and Offi- 
 cers, but efpecially the Generals have (hewn 
 a very particular Zeal for Her Majejlys Ser- 
 vice, and the Interefi of the Nation, will be 
 apt to conclude, that there was no Neceflity 
 to Impofe an hiqmjition upon them by fend- 
 ing out, under the Title of Inspectors ', the 
 iTioft Odious Comm{fJion, that ever Aftcd by 
 Publick Authority. A- Conunijjlon Calculated 
 for' the Vile ft Ends that ever employ M the 
 Thoughts of Wicked Politicians : For -the 
 Proof of which, I refer my felf to their 
 own Reports^ 2nd the Anfwers to them ■, by 
 
 which 
 
(43 )- - 
 
 which it plainly appears, that the Defign of 
 tlieir; Institution was only to afperfe Ferfons 
 whofe Integrity, Prudence % and Fidelity, had 
 been.moft Eminent in -the Service of the 
 Queen and Nation y to difgrace and bring an 
 Odium, upon Officers in general } and find 
 out feme fpecious Pretence for defrauding 
 them. of the Arrears .they had fo juft'a Claim 
 to : Which Score it was eafier to wipe out 
 with a Springe i than to difcharge regularly, 
 co'nfidering that thofeSuins (as all other 
 Publick Money) were to be apply'd to the 
 . Purchafe 'of Chains, Popery, and Eternal In- 
 famy, to this Poor' Nation. The Method 
 the Infpeclors took to make their Enquiries, 
 was entirely Correfpondent to the End of 
 them. All their Informations were built on 
 the ■■ Stories jof Tome mean profligate Wretches, 
 frighted or hired into the relating a Parcel of 
 frivolous Circnviflances, which' were after- 
 wards patched up, and by great Indujhy and 
 Artifice made to amount to fomething like a 
 ukfol.Difcovery. This notable Piece of Ser- 
 vice was thought, it feems, by a very frugal 
 Mini (ivy and Parliament, to be worth the 
 Expcnce to the Nation of Five Pounds a Day 
 each, Forty Shillings a Day to a Secretary, 
 Seven Shillings and Six Pence each to Two 
 •Clerks, befides large Extraordinaries and Tra- 
 velling Charges :, amounting in ail to 15, or. 
 
 200CO /• a Year. 
 
 Had 
 
( 44- ) 
 
 Had not the Queen's Servants and all 
 Publick Minifters remained. unpaid } had not 
 many confiderable Bills of Exchange drawn 
 by the Treasurer's own Order continued 
 unanfwered ^ had not the Three Years pre- 
 tended fence proved every Way more expen- 
 sive , than as many of a consuming War ^ 
 milbken Men might be led into an Opini- 
 on, that whatever Faults were juftly object- 
 ed to cur blejjed Peace-Makers , yet , the 
 Nation had been considerably a Saver by their 
 good Q economy. The World would then have 
 afcribed to their Frugality, the breaking of 
 fo many Regiments Abroad, dire&ly contra- 
 ry to an Act of Parliament : But as the Mat- 
 ter now ftands, I am at a Lcfs what to attri- 
 bute this extraordinary Step to, unlefs to 
 their implacable Hatred of the Army. What 
 the Confequences mieht have been , of nrft 
 
 t X O ' 
 
 diiioiving the Obligation of Obedience to Su- 
 periors, and then fending home, in the 
 Queen's Ships, fuch a Number of bold and 
 warlike Men, not fubjecl to any Command of 
 either hand or Sea Officers ; I dare fcaice 
 pretend to guefs. The Event has indeed 
 proved better than cou'd have been expected ; 
 but I remember that the leaft timerous among 
 us, were apprehenfive that they might com- 
 l bine with the moft Mutinous of the Sailors, 
 
 and 
 
( 4* ) 
 
 and feize the Ships in order to carry on a 
 South-Se'a-Trade more beneficial , perhaps , 
 than the Affiento ContraB. 
 
 That nothing of this Kind happen'd 
 leads every Man fo naturally into a Reflexi- 
 on very much to the Advantage of Brit'ijlj 
 Soldiers, that I will leave it with them, and 
 go on with my Subject. 
 
 Among the Hardfhips impofed on the 
 Army by- their late Friends, the Mifappli- 
 cation of the charitable Foundation at CheU 
 fea-Hofyital had been mentioned, if the A- 
 bufes practifed there had not already been 
 difcover'd, and put into fo clear a Light, by 
 an eminent Hand :> that there is no Room for 
 any further Enquiry, but what will be made 
 by the fame worthy GeitiUman, always un- 
 daunted and indefatigable in the Service of 
 his Country. 
 
 But I can't leave the Subject* of Hard± 
 flips, without taking Notice of the mighty 
 Artifice ufed, to the Prejudice of the Offi- 
 cers, in the manner of fettling the Half- 
 Pay. h is confeifed that this Allowance is 
 a pure Bounty of the Nation ; and as fucb, 
 is gratefully acknowledged by the Gentle- 
 men who receive it* But fince the Parlia- 
 ment was pieafed to think them in feme 
 
(4*) : 
 
 Mcafure deferving of a Favour of this Na- 
 ture, it had become the Minijlry to have 
 order'd it fo, as that it (hou'd as much as 
 poffible anfwer the Ends of a Benefit. There 
 is no manner of Doubt , but that if the 
 Peace had been concluded under the fatne 
 Adminiftration that carry'd on fo glorious 
 and fuccefsful a War ; if the fame Spirit had 
 animated the Commons of Great-Britain in 
 rewarding the biflruments of an advantageous 
 Peace , which formerly gave Vigour to their 
 Proceedings, in fupporting the Means of 
 procuring it j it's to be prefumed, I fay, that 
 the Army j recommended from the Throne, 
 had eafily obtained from fuch a Parliament, 
 a bounteous Recompence for their faithful 
 Services. Foreign Subjijlence had then been 
 thought a very trifling Increafe of Expence 
 to the Nation, in Comparifon with the Plea- 
 fure of providing handfomcly for fo many 
 Gentlemen who had deferved well from it, 
 and whofe Hands and Hearts it might de- 
 pend on in any future Exigency, as entirely 
 devoted to its true Interefts. 
 
 But this Zeal , this Fidelity , were fo 
 far from being Arguments in their Favour, 
 with our late Managers, that they certain- 
 ly were the Principal Caufe of their ill 
 Treatment. Their Half Pay was clogged 
 with all the Difficulties imaginable ; it was, 
 
 bv 
 
 ■ 
 
. ( 47 ) - 
 
 by an infidions Claufe, particularly refcrved 
 for thofe who hsA ferved well j and how that 
 Claufe might in- Time have been explained, 
 no body knows j though many guefs. Half 
 Pay was made inconfiftent with any other 
 Provifion, while Officers enjoying the whole 
 Profits of their Pofts (who in a little Time 
 had been none , but their devoted Friends) 
 were entitled to any Employment of Trufl^ 
 or Advantage. Inftead of being advanced, 
 the Payments of it were fo retarded, that 
 Officers were reduced to great Extremities, 
 for want of a due Punctuality : It begun to 
 be reckoned almoft as bad a Fund for Cre- 
 dit as Arrears, on which no Money cou'd be 
 raifed without fuch a D if count as amounted 
 in Effeft to a Deduction of one Quarter of 
 the whole. 
 
 Shou'd I enter into a minute Detail 
 of all the Grievances of the Army , under 
 the Oppreflion of their exafperated Enemies • 
 thefe Sheets wou'd fweli to a Volume , contra- 
 ry to my Dcfign , which is only to hint at 
 the generrl Heads under which one may 
 range the ill Ufage Military Men has recei- 
 ved. 
 
 But there remains Hill one particular 
 ftece of ill Treatment, I cannot pafs over 
 in Silence, and which I am fure the Army 
 
 G 2 muii 
 
muft be fenfibly affefted with \ fitlce it leaves 
 a Blemifh on their Honour, which, next to 
 their Religion and Country , ought to be a 
 Soldier's neareft Concern. I am confident the 
 bare mention of it, in this Light , leads eve- | 
 ry Body to conclude, I mu'ft mean ^xt flame- 
 fid Separation of our Forces, from thofe of 
 the Allies , at the critical JvnBure ,' when 
 we had the Enemy in View, and confe- 
 quently in our Power ; when we were ftuflul 
 with an Affurance of adding new ViBones 
 to the Triumphs of the Lines and Bouchain j 
 when the Fate of France had been decided in 
 its own Bowels \ and nothing cou'd have 
 prevented our March to Paris , but the 
 French Kind's fubmiiting to Carte Blanche, 
 
 or what fhall I fay ? or this infamous 
 
 Tiefsrtion of our faithful Friends, and For- 
 feiture of all our juflfy acquired Honours. 
 A Stain! which (though the Soldiers had 
 no Share in the Guilt of) I dare fay they 
 will ever be uneafy, till they have an Op- 
 
 portunity of wiping off. it is notorious that 
 
 though great Pains and Art were ufed to pal- 
 liate the Bafenefs of this Proceeding to them, 
 and fcurvy Endeavours officiouily employ 'd 
 to extort their Applaufe, yet it was eafy to 
 have read in their Faces, how much they had 
 preferred following their great General to 
 certain Death , before being led by their 
 ■ Good General to fuch Inglorious Safety. 
 
( 49. ) . ._ 
 
 » - ■ 
 
 . Nothing that aggrieves the Army 
 ought to be mention'd after this Lift Inftance. 
 I proceed then to ' take Notice of the mod 
 extraordinary Methods ^ ; ufed a few Months 
 before the late Quceifs Deceafe, to garble the | 
 Forces for a Defign, which it was not yet 
 time to avow, tho* it were abfolutely ne-| 
 ceflary to prepare the Way for it. Promt- 
 fes , Cajoling , Threats > and all ipanner of 
 Temptations were try'd ; to draw into the 
 ProjeB as many of the Experienced Officers 
 as cou'd be wrought upon. Several were for 
 this Purpofe clofeted^ and extremely prefledj 
 with large Promifes of Preferment, &c to 
 Enter into the Qu$eiis Mea fares.. When 
 they reply'd, That they were Her Majefl/s 
 dutiful Subje&s, and wotfd readily Obey her, t 
 in every flying conjijlent ivith the Dictates of 
 their Honour and Conference : This was not 
 admitted as a fatisfaclory Anfwer. They 
 were to engage Implicitly ; which they (hew- 
 ing ;n Avcrfion.to, ( as fufpe&ing the Drift 
 
 of the Propolers ) then Innuendo's were let 
 fall , that Pofts in the Army were only du- 
 ring Plea fare, not Places for Life, £Cc. But 
 thefe alio making fmall Impreflion , other 
 Tools were then to be provided, in whofb 
 Breaft the dark Myftery might more fiifely 
 be confided- A long black tifl .of ftubborn 
 
 honcft 
 
 
( 5° ) 
 
 honeft Men was accordingly Compiled as a 
 Guide to a General Breaking : -And I cannot 
 forbear Remarking, that it was compofed of 
 the brighten: Characters of our Army ; Thofe 
 whofe Courage and Zeal in Defence of the 
 Glorious Caufe contended for, had mod E- 
 minently diftinguifti'd it felf ; Nay, fome 
 who were thought worthy to have parti- 
 cular Marks of Honour conferr'd on theirs 
 in the Field of Battel, immediately after the 
 noble Service they had perform'd ; Thefe, I 
 fay, were the Perfons that fell a Sacrifice to 
 this wicked Scheme. Another Lift of this 
 kind was faid to be Tranfmitted to Ireland by 
 the Hands of a certain Perfon every Way capa- 
 ble of fo Important a Trujl. The Publick 
 was indeed Robbed of a great deal of Light 
 into the Extent of that Gentleman's Cora- 
 mifiion, by the fudden Death of Her Ma- 
 jefly, which put a Stop to the Execution of 
 it \ 3ut bufy People can't help forming Con- 
 jectures from the previous Steps taken, and 
 drawing fuch Conclufions from thofe Pre- 
 mifes, as by the Help of a little Intelligence, 
 amount almoft to a Certainty. 
 
 Two Reflections will unavoidably arife from 
 the comparing the Characters of the Gentle- 
 men thus difphced, or to be difpiaced, with 
 thofe of the fufpicious Perfons to be put in 
 their Room. One is, that the DeGsn mud 
 
 be 
 
( 5* ) 
 
 be a vile One, which was rejected by Men 
 of Honour, and embraced by profligate 
 Wretches. The Other, that to this notable 
 Firmnefs of the Officers :, is owing , under 
 God, the Safety of the Nation , and that His 
 prefent Majejly now fills the Throne, at 
 lead, that He came to it without Effufion 
 of Blood. 
 
 T H u s 1 have endeavoured to go through 
 with what I propofed ; If not with that 
 Strength of Argument, and Elegance of Style, 
 that the Subjeft deferves ; Yet, I am fure, 
 v/ith a Sincerity and Zeal for the Truth, that 
 becomes a Perfon concerned for the Welfare 
 of his Country, and the Honour of the 
 Army. I have given fome Reafons (and I 
 flatter my felf not weak ones) why Fortitude 
 has been, and ought to be, held in fome 
 Efteem , as a Virtue highly ufeful to the 
 Publick. I have mention'd fome Inftances, 
 wherein the Brkiflj Soldiers have appeared 
 Eminently poffefs'd of it, whether diftin- 
 guifh'd into an Active or PaJJive, Civil or 
 Military Species, i hope I have alfo clear 'd 
 the Gentlemen of the Profeffion from moft 
 of the Calumnies wherewith they have been 
 bafely Afperfed ; and recited feveral Hardfhips 
 they have undergone, as well as Tryals ot 
 all kinds they have withftood, without 
 
 Swerving 
 
( 5^ ) 
 
 Swerving from the Rules of drift Honour, 
 and the Duty of good Subje&s. The beft 
 Return I can now make to the Kind Reader^ 
 who has had the Patience to pcrufc thefe 
 Sheets thus far, will be to releafe him ; which 
 I purpofe to do after a few Qbfervations inci- 
 dent to my Sub |ed'. 
 
 It is not a little ftrange, that in the Ten 
 firfi: Years of a War, diverfify'd with various 
 Accidents, and made irkfome by many Hard- 
 flips already mentioned j there never hap- 
 pened, under the Conduct of Her Majefty's 
 Well-chofen Generals, the leaft Tw/mfc, 'Mu- 
 tiny., or Diforder. And here it will be no 
 improper Obfcrvation, That no fooncr the 
 Command was Transferr'd to other Hands, 
 but thofe very Soldiers who had always 
 (hewn themfelves fo tradable, broke out into 
 the moil: ungovernable Licentioufnefs imagi- 
 nable, which fhow'd it felf in dangerous 
 Mutinies, both "in Flanders and at Home* 
 Nor is this Misfortune to be afcribed only to 
 the Neglect and Weaknefs of the Generals 
 then at the Head of the Army , but in n 
 greater Meafure, perhaps, to the total Diflo- 
 lution of the Band of Difcipline, by the 
 fcandalous Indvflry ufed at Home to foment 
 Rebellion in the Soldiers. Of which (hijme- 
 ful Proceeding, the Immediate 111 Efj'eth were 
 not the greatcft Mifchicf: The word Con- 
 
 lequenccs 
 
'( 13 ) 
 
 fcquenccs of it being, in my Opinion, (til! 
 ro conic. And they .will he felt whenever 
 the Nation has again Oceafion for an Army 
 im the Field. For it will not be found an 
 eafy Tajk, or the Work of <\ few Months, to 
 reduce the Army to its former, and necef- 
 fary Temper of Obedience \ nor will it pro- 
 bably be effefted without facrificing fome 
 hundred of poor obftinatc Wretches art- 
 fully ckbauctid from a right Senfc cf 
 their Duty , who mud inevitably fall as 
 rieceflary Examples for re-cfteblifhing Difci- 
 pline. 
 
 It may be farther obferved, that Armies, 
 which were firfl: initituted for Self-Defence 
 again ft invading Foes,' have often been per- 
 fuaded to deviate from the true End of 
 their InRitution , ' and been made fubfer- 
 vient to very wicked . Purpofcs. They 
 commonly are entirely dependant on their 
 Kings or Commanders^ and confequently 
 have too often proved their Tnflrihtients of 
 Tyranny. Can then a Behaviour fo con- 
 trary as that of the Britifh Forces, at the 
 Time of the Revolution, be ever fu'f- 
 [iciently c'xtoUM ? Is it poflible to find 
 in Hiftory a more (igtwl Example of a 
 firm Adherence to the Laws, Liberties, 
 and Religion of one's Gouritrcjr, than that 
 
 M Army 
 
( $4 ) 
 
 Army fliow'd on fo important an Oca- 
 (ion } 
 
 The known Method of recruiting our 
 Forces of late Years , has been by clear- 
 ing the Countrey , and emptying the Gaol: 
 of all the molt notorious and irreclaimatk 
 Rogues, that the Civil Government was 
 burden'd with : And even in this Parti- 
 cular the War has been of no fmall Ser- 
 vice to the PublicL But is it not a ve- 
 ry furprizing Effect of the good Order, 
 and Spirit of Honour reigning in the Ar- 
 my , that thefe very Fellows fhou'd fcarce 
 have ferved a Campaign s before they at 
 fume quite a different Character ; and 
 are obfcrved to vie with one another, 
 not only in Bravery, but in Regularity] 
 and SubmiJJwn to their Officers ? If any 1 
 doubt the Truth of this Aflertion , let 
 them recoiled that fince the difbanding 
 of the Forces , ( notwithftanding the Ne- 
 ceffity feveral poor Soldiers arc reduced j 
 to) not one of this Profeflion has been J 
 executed , for Robbery on the High- 
 Way , Coining , Houfe-Breaking , or 
 any other Capital Crime whatever. Thusj 
 much Praii'e is undeniably due to the] 
 common Soldiers. As for the Effect 3 ! 
 
 C#7np Education has upon Gentlemen \ 1 
 
 • believe 
 
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 believe moft People, will agree, that what- 
 ever Advantages in Leamhig or Maimers 
 a Toutb brines with him into the Ar- 
 my j are there polifh'd , at lea ft , if 
 not improved. The Airs of Pedantry 
 and AjjeBation are worn off, and a cer- 
 tain Cavalier Negligence acquired , which 
 gives a Grace both to his Gefture and 
 the Turn of his Converfation. Indeed 
 I muft be fo juft to the very Enemies 
 of the Profeffion , as to own I have 
 feldooi heard them accufe Officers in ge- 
 neral of Want of Maimers j but fhou'd 
 there be any in (o wrong an Opinion, 
 I defire them to remark , that if ever 
 any juft Occafion of Offence is given 
 by an Officer , it will be found to 
 arife from fomc raw Young Fellow of 
 little Service and no Experience. 
 
 Since then the Behaviour of the 
 Army has been Heroically Brave in Acti- 
 on ; fince it has been remarkably Sub- 
 tniffive in Point of Obedience to Com- 
 mand ; fince it has been fignally Patient 
 in fuffering Fatigues and Hardships ; fince it 
 has been egregioitJlySteddy to the true Intereft 
 of its Countrey : If the Army, I h\\ has 
 fulfiU'd all the Duties of good Subje&s, 
 
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good Soldiers, and goad Patriots, it is hum- 
 bly hoped that the enfuing Parliament will 
 have fomc Repeal for a Deportment fo un- 
 exceptionable in all Relations, with refpeft 
 to the Publick. Nor is it doubted but the 
 worthy Gentlemen who compofc this Jioufe of 
 Commons, will find fomc Expedient entirely 
 confident with the Safety of our ConjHtution ) 
 to make a competent Proviiion for a Number 
 of Gentlemen, who (having no gainful Oc- 
 cupation,) labour under great Encumbrances 
 by Debts contracted in the Service ; which 
 it is impoflible for them to dii charge by a 
 Fund fo (lender and precarious as the Half- 
 Pay on the Bottom it now (lands : 1 fay, con- 
 fident with the Safety of our Confiitutlon, 
 becaufe I am fure they.wou'd not defire it 
 upon any other Terms : And I fhou'd look 
 upon my felf exposed to no great Hazard, 
 were my Life at flake on the Aifu ranee, That* 
 if the Fate of the Army, depended on z-Vote 
 of the Officers, there w.ou'd be found among 
 them a Majority of fo much Worth and Ho- 
 nour, as bv a Self-denyiw Act, to .break 
 themfelves \ if they faw the Temper of the 
 Soldiers srowinc?; dancrerous to our Civil 
 Rights. 
 
 Tho' the Nation feems to be in no Con- 
 dition of engaging in a new War , yet it is 
 
 proba- 
 
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 it liiuffcfdoubtlcfs VbQ bribed to thofe who 
 
 interrupted did Progrcff^f* our Anns, whe'a 
 they v/cre fucccfsftrf^ • »• and* yet it is well 
 forcfecn that they' will 1 endeavour 'to throw 
 the Odium of an Evil they have made ne- 
 ceffary^ on the Perfons who are forced to be 
 the Surgeons to our (flatter* d Confutation ^ 
 and to the disjointed Interefls of an Alliance 
 formerly fo compaft and well cemented* 
 Thofe Crafty, and Unnatural Foes to Britain, 
 will certainly affeft Popularity, by exclaim- 
 ing againft a TVar 9 at the very Time, that by 
 their Emijfaries in France, they endeavour to 
 kindle one , in order to have it ( as they 
 hope) in their Power to diitrefs His Ma- 
 jefly* If therefore fuch an Exigence hap- 
 pen ; and the Safety of the King and the 
 'Nation require, that, the Complement of 
 Troops in Britain and Ireland be fill'd up, 
 or new Regiments raifed ; it is hoped that 
 in the difpofing of thefe Pods a due Re- 
 gard will be had to thofe Gentlemen who 
 bore all the Frowns of Fortune and of the 
 Enemies to their Virtue : And that thefe will 
 
 be fufticiently diftinguifhed from others , who 
 
 either 
 
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 either a clually deviated from the Dictates :; 
 their Honour, and the Example of their 
 Companions, or at leaft ftiew'd themfelves 
 very Co?nplaifar.t and Pa/five in Me afar es de- 
 JlniBive to the Welfare^ Liberty^ and Reli- 
 gion of their Country : And to the happy 
 Security of all tbefe valuable Bkjjings, in the 
 Settlement of die Honje of Hanover on the 
 Throne of Great Britain* 
 
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