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7 six hundred | 7 and | eighty | five, 7 | 7 the | Earl of Ar | gyle 7 | 7 was | brought from the | castle, | | first, 7 | 7 to the | Laigh 7 | council-house, | 7 and thence, 7 | 7 to the | place of exe | cution. 11 7 Before he left the | castle, | 7 he had his dinner | 7 at the | usual | hour, 7 | 7 at | which he discoursed, 7 | not only | calmly, | 7 but | even

cheerfully, 7 with Mr. | Chateris | 7 and others. | | | After dinner | 7 he re | tired, 7 | 7 as was kis | custom, | 7 to his bed-chamber, | | where it is recorded, | 7 that he slept 7 | quietly | 7 for a |bout a quarter of an hour. 7 | | While he was in bed, 7 | one of the | members of the | council came, 7 7 and | intimated | 7 to the attendants, 7 a desire 7 | 7 to speak with him. | 17 Upon being told 7 | 7 that the | Earl 7 | 7 was a | sleep, 77 and had left 7 orders not to be dis | turbed, 7 | 7 the | manager | disbe | lieved the ac | count, 7 | | which he considered | 7 as a de | vice 77 to avoid 7 | further questionings. | |

7 To satisfy him, | 7 the door of the | bed| chamber, 7 was | half 7 | opened, | 7 and | then 7 | 7 he be held, |7 en | joying a | sweet 7|7 and | tranquil | slumber, | 7 the | man, 7 | who 7 | 7 by the doom of him 7 | 7 and his | fellows, | 7 was to | die 7 | 7 with | in the short 7 | space 7|7 of | two.7 hours! 7

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Struck with the sight, 77 he hurried | 7 out of the room, | quitted the | castle | 7 with the 7 utmost precipi | tation, | and | hid himself | 7 in the | lodgings of an acquaintance | 7 who | lived 7

| near, 7| |7 where he threw himself | 7 upon the first 7 bed that presented itself, | 7 and had 1 every appearance of a | man 7 | suffering | 7 the most excruciating | torture. | | | 7 His | friend, 77 who was apprised of the state he was | in, 7 7 and who | naturally con | cluded he was | ill, 7 offers him some wine. 7| | |7 He re fused, saying, "no, 7 | no, 7 | that 7 | will not help me. | 7 I have been at Argyle, 7 | 7.

and | saw him

· } man 7 | did 7 Eternity,

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sleeping | 7 as | pleasantly as | ever

7 with | in 7 | one 7 | hour 7 | 7 of 7 but | as for | me" "7 | |

| 7 The name of the | person | 7 to | whom 7 | this 7 | anecdote re | lates 7 | 7 is not 7 | mentioned,

7 and the truth of it | 7 may | therefore 7 be | fairly considered | 7 as | liable | 7 to | that de | gree of doubt, 7 | 7 with | which 7 | men of | judgment 7 receive 7 | every | species | 7 of tra | ditional history. | | | Woodrow, | 7 how | ever, |

whose veracity | 7 is a | bove suspicion, | | says, 77 he had it | 7 from the most un questionable 7 authority. | | | 7 It is not in it | self 7 | unlikely; | | 7 and | who is there, | 7 that I would not wish it | true? 7 | | | What a | satis factory spectacle to a | philo | sophical | mind, 7 | 7 to | see the oppressor | 7 in the | zenith

of his power | | envying his victim! | | | What an acknowledgment | 7 of the | superiority of | virtue! || What an affecting | 7 and | forcible testimony 7 of the value of that peace of|

mind, which | Innocence | 7a | lone 7 | 7 can con fer! 7 | | 7 We know not | who 7 | 7 this | man 7 | was, 7 | | but when we re | flect 7 | 7 that the | guilt 7 | 7 which | agonized him, | 7 was | probably | 7 in | curred | 7 for some | vain 7 | title, | 7 or at | least 77 for some increase of wealth 7 | 7 which he did not | want, 7 | 7 and possibly | knew not how to enjoy; 7|7 our dis | gust 7 | 7 is | turned into something | like com | passion, | 7 for that very | foolish | class of men, 7 | whom the | world 7 | calls 7 | wise in their | gene | ration. |

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Soon 7 | after this | short re | pose, 7 | 7 Ar | gyle

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| 7 was | brought 7 | 7 ac | cording to | order, | 7 to the | Laigh | council-house, | 7 from | which 7 | dated | 7 the | letter to his | wife, 7 | ! 7 and from thence 7 | 7 to the | place of exe | cution. On the | scaffold | 7 he had | some dis | course, 77 as well with Mr. | Annand, | 7 a | minister | 7 appointed by | Government | 7 to at tend him, | as with Mr. | Chateris. | | | He de | sired | both of them | 7 to | pray for him, | 7 and | prayed him | self 7 | 7 with | much 7 | fervour | 7 and devotion. | | |7 The | speech which he | made to the people 7 was such as | might be expected | 7 from the | passages al | ready re | lated. | | | 7 The | same 7 | mixture of | firmness | 7 and | mildness 7 is conspicuous in | every | part of it. | 1.1

| 7"We ought not," | 7 said 7 | he 7 | 7 "to des pise 7 | 7 our af | flictions, | nor to | faint 7 | under them. We should not | suffer ourselves

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7 to be exasperated | 7 a | gainst the instruments | 7 of our | troubles, | nor by | fraudulent |7 or| pusillanimous compliance, | | bring 7 | guilt 7 | upon ourselves; 7 | | faint 7 | hearts 7 | 7 are | usually false 7 | hearts, 7 | rather than | suffering." | |7 He | offers his | prayers | 7 for the | three 7 | kingdoms | 7 of | England, Scotland | 7 and | Ireland, | | and that an

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end 77 may be | put 77 to their | present 7 | trials. | | | Having | then 7 | asked 7 | pardon | 7 for his own 7 | faults, 7 | both of | God and | man, 7 he would have concluded, | 7 but | being re | minded that he had said 7 | nothing | of the | royal | family, | 7 he | adds, 7 | 7 that he re | fers, 7 | 7 in | this 7 | matter | 7 to | what he had | said at his | trial | 7 con | cerning the | test; 7 | | 7 that he

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prayed there | never might be | wanting | one 7 of the royal family | 7 to support the | Protestant religion; | | 7 and if | any of them | 7 had swerved from the true faith, 77 he prayed 7 | God 7 | 7 to | turn their | hearts; 7 |

7 but at | any rate | 7 to | save his | people | 7 from their machinations. | | | When he had | ended, 1

| 7 he | turned to the | south 7 | side of the | scaffold I

7 and said, 7||"Gentlemen, 7 I pray you, I do not miscon | struct | 7 my behaviour | this 7 | day. 7 | | 71 | freely for | give 7 | all men | their 7 | wrongs and injuries | done a | gainst | me, 7 | 7 as I desire 7 | 7 to be for | given of | God." 7 | 7 He then em | braced his | friends, 71 gave some tokens | 7 of his re | membrance | 7 to

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his son-in-law, | Lord 7| Maitland, |7 for his | daughter and | grand-children, | | stript himself | 7 of | part of his ap | parel, | 7 of | which he | likewise made | presents, | 7 and | laid his | head 7 | upon the block. 7 | | Having | uttered a | short 7 prayer, | 7 he | gave the signal | 7 to the executioner, | which was | instantly obeyed, 7 | 7 and his | head 7 | severed from his body. | | | Such were the | last 7 | hours 7 | 7 and | such the final close 77 of this great 7 | man's 7 | life. 7 | May the like 7 | happy se | renity, | 7 in such | dreadful | circumstances, | 7 and a | death 7 | equally glorious, | 7 be the | lot of | all, 7 | 7 whom | tyranny of what | ever description | 7 or de | nomination, 7 shall in any | age, 7|7 or in any country, call to expiate their | virtues | 7 on the scaffold! | | |

A MOONLIGHT SCENE.

POPE'S HOMER.-ILIAD VIII. V. 673.

7 THE | leader | spoke. 7 | | 7 From | all his | host around 7 |

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Shouts of applause 7 | 7 a | long the shores re | sound. 7 | |

Each from the | yoke 7 | 7 the | smoking | steeds un | ty'd, 7 |

7 And fix'd their | headstalls | 7 to his chariot |

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