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him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service. About the third day of our march I was made a colonel; though, I must need say, I gained my commission by my horse's virtues, not my own; having leapt over a six-bar gate at the head of the cavalry. My general, who is a discerning man, hereupon gave me a regiment, telling me, he did not question but I would do the like when I came to the enemy's palisadoes.' We pursued our march with much intrepidity through two or three open towns, to the great terror of the market-people, and the miscarriage of half a dozen women. Notwithstanding the magistracy was generally against us, we could discover many friends among our spectators; particularly in two or three balconies, which were filled with females. After these signal successes in the north of England, it was thought advisable by our general to proceed towards our Scotch confederates. During our first day's march I amused myself with considering what post I should accept of under James the third, when we had put him in possession of the British dominions. Being a great lover of country sports, I absolutely determined not to be a minister of state, nor to be fobbed off with a garter; until at length, passing by a noble country seat which belongs to a whig, I resolved to beg it; and pleased myself the remainder of the day with several alterations I intended to make in it. For, though the situation was very delightful, I neither liked the front of the house nor the avenues that led to it. We were indeed so confident of success, that I found most of my fellow-soldiers were taken up with imaginations of the same nature. There had like to have been a duel between two of our subalterns

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subalterns upon a dispute which of them should be governor of Portsmouth. A popish priest about the same time gave great offence to a Northumberland squire, whom he threatened to excommunicate if he did not give up to him the church-lands, which his family had usurped ever since the Reformation. In short, every man had cut out a place for himself in his own thoughts; so that I could reckon up in our little army two or three lord-treasurers, half a dozen secretaries of state, and at least a score of lords justices in cyre for cach side of Trent. We pursued our march through several villages, which we drank dry, making proclamation at our entrance, in the name of James the third, against all concealments of ale or brandy. Being very much fatigued with the action of a whole week, it was agreed to rest on Sunday; when we heard a most excellent sermon. Our chaplain insisted principally upon two heads. Under the first he proved to us, that the breach of public oaths is no perjury; and, under the second, expounded to us the nature of non-resistance, which might be interpreted from the Hebrew, to signify either loyalty or rebellion, according as the sovereign bestowed his favours and preferments. He concluded with exhorting us, in a most pathetic manner, to purge the land by wholesome severities, and to propagate sound principles by fire and sword. We set forward the next day towards our friends at Kelso; and by the way had like to have lost our general and some of our most active officers. For a fox unluckily crossing the road drew off a considerable detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and pursued him with whoops and halloos until we had lost sight of them. A covey of partridges.

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springing in our front put our infantry in disorder on the same day. It was not long after this that we were joined by our friends from the other side of the Frith. Upon the junction of the two corps, our spies brought us word, that they discovered a great cloud of dust at some distance; upon which, we sent out a party to reconnoitre. They returned to us with intelligence, that the dust was raised by a great drove of black cattle. This news was not a little welcome to us, the army of both nations being very hungry. We quickly formed ourselves, and received orders for the attack, with positive instructions to give no quarter. Every thing was executed with so much good order, that we made a very plentiful supper. We had, three days after, the same success against a flock of sheep, which we were forced to eat with great precipitation, having received advice of general Carpenter's march as we were at dinner. Upon this alarm we made incredible stretches towards the south, with a design to gain the fastnesses of Preston. We did little remarkable in our way, except setting fire to a few houses, and frightening an old woman into fits. We had now got a long day's march of the enemy; and meeting with a considerable refreshment of October, all the officers assembled over it, among whom were several popish lords and gentlemen, who toasted many loyal healths and confusions, and wept very plentifully for the danger of the church. We sat until midnight, and at our parting resolved to give the enemy battle; but the next morning changed our resolutions, and prosecuted our march with indefatigable speed. We were no sooner arrived upon the frontiers of Cumberland, but we saw a great body of militia drawn up in array against us. Orders were given

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given to halt; and a council of war was immediately. called, wherein we agreed, with that great unanimity which was so remarkable among us on these occasions, to make a retreat. But before we could give the word, the train-bands, taking advantage of our delay, fled first. We arrived at Preston without any memorable adventure; where, after having formed many barricades, and prepared for a vigorous resistance, upon the approach of the king's troops under general Wills, who was used to the outlandish way of making war, we think it high time to put in practice that passive obedience, in which our party so much glories, and which I would advise them to stick to for the future.'

Such was the end of this rebellion; which, in all probability, will not only tend to the safety of our 'constitution, but the preservation of the game.

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FOR the honour of his majesty, and the safety of his government, we cannot but observe, that those who have appeared the greatest enemies to both are of that rank of men who are commonly distinguished by the title of fox-hunters. As several of these have had no part of their education in cities, camps, or courts, it is doubtful whether they are of greater ornament or use to the nation in which they live. It would be an everlasting reproach to politics, should such men be able to overturn an establishment which has been formed by the wisest laws, and is supported by the ablest heads. The wrong notions and prejudices which cleave to

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many of these country-gentlemen, who have always lived out of the way of being better informed, are not easy to be conceived by a person who has never conversed with them.

That I may give my readers an image of these rural statesmen, I shall, without further preface, set down an account of a discourse I chanced to have with one of them some time ago. I was travelling towards one of the remotest parts of England, when about three o'clock in the afternoon, seeing a country gentleman trotting before me with a spaniel by his horse's side, I made up to him. Our conversation opened, as usual, upon the weather; in which we were very unanimous, having both agreed that it was too dry for the season of the year. My fellow-traveller, upon this, observed to me, there had been no good weather since the Revo. lution. I was a little startled at so extraordinary a remark, but would not interrupt him till he proceeded to tell me of the fine weather they used to have in king Charles the second's reign. I only answered, that I did not see how the badness of the weather could be the king's fault; and, without waiting for his reply, asked him, whose house it was we saw upon a rising ground at a little distance from us. He told me it belonged to an old fanatical cur, Mr. Such-a-one.

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You must have heard of him,' says he, he is one of the rump. I knew the gentleman's character upon hearing his name, but assured him, that to my knowledge he was a good churchman. Ay!' says he with a kind of surprise, we are told in the country, that he spoke twice in the queen's time against taking off the duties upon French claret.' This naturally led us into the proceedings of late parliaments; upon which occasion he

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