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Cn Mottoes. 



[Oct. I, 



JTanfrcdonio's nrmy, and ftof^ctlicr ivith 

 it,) ot'all his liopcs ot'lovo unci virtory. 



A deiperato cfMnliiit Ix'twrcii tiii' uii- 

 foiUmittu Kini; and (Jliver finillies tiit c;i- 

 taftroplic of the tomiur. The Rlanjui-, 

 encouraged by the Ihittenng I'lniles of lus 

 Viincefs, who had already caiip,ht the toft 

 roiitagion, and -iiA on him iiiaiks of her 

 diriinL'uillicd repaid, had hornc down his 

 rival to the iinmiid, and ticprivcd him of 

 •very hope but that of inltant dt'atii to 

 end h.is fufferings and conceal his dif- 

 jirace. Tlie fallen prince thus fuppli- 

 cates his conqueror. 



I pray tlice, Baron, by the powers above. 

 That thou wilt let tnc, like a faithful 

 knight, 

 Refign my life together with my love. 



Since luch, alas ! is cruel Fortune's fpite ; 

 I fought, what every lover feeks to prove ; 

 I've found but mifery where I hop'd de- 

 light : 

 And lincc my death appears the general 



voice. 

 Death in her fight is no ignoble choice. 

 I know I never (hall return again 



To my own home, my Syria's much-lov'd 

 fliore ; 

 4 know my ftars look down with fierce dif- 

 dain. 

 And all my friends and foldiers are no 

 more : 

 I know my fuit to that fair Princcfs vain ; 

 And hope, which all men feeds, with me is 

 o'er : 

 I know howpafllon hurried on my doom. 

 And know that paflion Will furvive the 

 tomb. 



IMeridiana, though a warrior, had not 

 yet vaiiquillied all the fofter feelings of 

 her fcx. The lii^hl of a powerful and 

 valiant prince reduced to fo ahjef( a 

 Itate of mifery, only by his too ttrvcut 

 zeal in purfuit of her, was futiicient to 

 vring one figh from her bofom, had it 

 even been more obdurate than that of 

 Thaleftris hcrfelf. "Why (laid Ihe,) 

 fliould I retain any rcfentment agaiiill 

 ' one whole actions were infpired by an 

 vmgovernable pufiion for nic ? I never 

 yet have heard a gentle lady praifed for 

 cruelty to a conilant lover." She turn- 

 ed, therefore, to the difconlblate knight, 

 endeavoured to relieve liis woe's, by the 

 voice of fympalhy, and, giving him a pre- 

 cious diamond to wear for lake of her, 

 pcrfuaded him to lead the remainder of 

 Lis forces back to Syria, and wait pa- 

 tiently under his calamities, in expe<^ta- 

 tion of the time when his fortune may 

 change, and liis liars alV4m<: a more fa- 

 vourable a/pe6t. 



The foft and tender accents of the fair 



Sunk with mild power on Manfredonio** 

 heart. 

 And ftay'd for ever deep engraven there, 



Nor jt his tatcft hoar would thence depart. 

 He ftrove to fpcak,but ouny a gufhing tear 

 Broke what, his grateful foul would fain 

 impart. 

 " And doft thou bid me live, (at length he 



cried,) 

 And wait the change of ftars, and fortune's 



tide ? 

 *• But wiien will come the day that tide ihill 

 turn ? 

 I muft not wi(h for what can never be ; 

 Yet, tor t'ly fake, to Syria I rcturri. 



And nuk'c hut one requeft,— Remember 

 me ! 

 Yes,— o'er tlie memory of my friends to 

 mourn 

 With thofc fad rcliqucs, once fo bold and 

 free. 

 To Syria I return,— but ah ! no more 

 To hope, for every hope with me is o'er ! 



" Yes, for thy love, this jewel I'll retain, 

 And wear it to my conrtant bofom pre(l, 



Thence never, never to be torn again, 

 Ev'n in the tomb's interminable reft ; 



And, for my fins to thee and all thy train, 

 Oh blame that mighty power that ruled my 

 brcaiK 



With peace and mild forgivencfs think on 

 me i 



And I'll confent to live for fake of thee !" 



To t/ic Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIR, 



AN allufion having been lately made 

 in the Uoufe of Peers to the motto 

 aliinncd by Lord Erlkinc, Trial bi/ Jury, 

 permit me to trouble you with a few ob- 

 fenations on mottoes in general. 



'i'hey are of various defcriptimis.— 

 Some, of a mill.-and-w ater fort, may be 

 ufed indifcriininately by all perfons, mid 

 in all lituations ; for, as they have no al- 

 lufion whatever to the individual or fami- 

 ly by w horn they are borne, they can ne- 

 ver be materially wrong. 



Many allude to a meritorious aClion in 

 tlie life of the original adopter, as that of 

 Lord Erikine above quoted, which, 

 while it recognizes the great bulwark of 

 our liberties, will be a proud record to 

 his polierity of this conftitutional lawyer's 

 noble maintenance of the rights of juries; 

 whereas it would have been altogether 

 mifappropriate had he difplaycd on the- 

 J-ord Chancelior'j coach his original mot- 

 to, Jiic/i^e ]^ot ! — Lord Nelfon's motto, 

 I'ulniam qiti meruit feral, (Let him wijo 

 ha* deferved it wear the Palm,) will ever 

 rciuaiu an honouriible record ot this he- 

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