THE 



NOBLE 



SENTIMENTS 



OF 



HEK MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY 



CHARLOTTE, 



QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 



AGAINST 



WAR. 



From our Queen, centered upon the throne, are seen to radiate every heavenly virtue. How 

 pathetically and eloquently does this virtuous princess, equally adored now as then, plead for 

 her Native Land, to the King of Prussia, forcibly depicting to him the real horrors of War! 



To his Majesty the King of Prussia. 



May it please your Majesty, 



I AM at a loss, whether I should congratulate, or condole with you, on your 

 late victory; since the same success, which hath covered you with laurels, has overspread the 

 country oi Meddenhurgh with desolation. I know. Sire, that it seems unbecoming my Sex, in 

 this age of vicious refinement, to feel for one's country, to lament the horron; of war, even to wish 

 for the return oi peace. I know you may think it more properly my province to study the arts of 

 pleasing, or to inspect subjects of a more domestic nature. But however unbecoming it mav be 

 in me, I cannot resist the desire of interceding for this unhappy people. 



It was but a few years ago, that this territory wore the most pleasing appearance; the country 

 was cultivated, the peasant looked cheerful, and the towns abounded with riches and festivity. 

 What an alteration, at present, from so charming a scene ! I am not expert at description, nor 

 can my fancy add any horrors to the picture; but these are such that even conquerors themselves 

 would weep at the hideous prospects now before me ! 



The whole country (my dear country!) lies one frightful waste, presenting only ol>jects to 

 excite terror, pity, and despair. The business of the husbandman and the shepherd are quite 

 discontinued. The husbandman and the shepherd are become soldiers themselves, and help to 



