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Memoirs of the late Duke of Bruns-uicK: [^an. I , 



bivttlc of Jena, breutlicd his laft on the 

 loili of November, 1806, in tlic 7irt 

 voar of liis ago. On tiie 12tli his body 

 was opened lunl einbidnierL; and it was 

 Jifco\crcd, on this uccaUoii, tliat the 

 CDMtuIion received in the forehead liad 

 ptoved moilul. Tiiimadiatcly aftei- t!ie 

 o;)cratioii, a niclVeiigcr was difpatchcd ro 

 the Trench camp, requeuing that the 

 cc/rjife of his '^eioiie lli;;linefs miglit be 

 pgnniltcd to be interred in the fame 

 griive xriili 'tht)le of his unceltors : lio 

 was thus dclUtutc even of a pl-acc of in- 

 tcrmcnl ! 



liavirj!; now cojichulcd the career of 

 the I'libjeci of tlus memoir ii.s a wanior, 

 it rciikains only to notice him us a tove- 

 lei'Jin and as a man. 



On fnccce(hni:; to his fatlicr's doini- 

 iiLons, in 1?;'.0, tlie Duke of UruiU'wiek 

 fiHiiid that his revemies were burdened 

 liy imviienfe debts fur ludi a linall Itate ; 

 thcv iimoimtcd to ito Id's than 10,000 

 miliious 'of French Hvrcs, or about one 

 million feven Imndicd thoufand jjouiuIs 

 tic'rlint^ IS'otwithfiandine thi.-., he ad- 

 Kiiniticicd the alVairs of hir) dortiinions 

 with I'o much f!«ill and economy, tiiat in 

 the ccnul'e of a lew years he liquidated 

 :ili the denuuuls againll iiiin. Although 

 SI-. de ]'er.)nco, his principal nfuuller, 

 ■was an able u)an, yet he himfclf lupe-r- 

 iuteiided each de))artmciit, and tool; 

 care that every one under him iliuuld 

 perform bis duty. His fuhjects were 

 happv and contt-iit. In few Hates of 

 Eurojje was I'o much liberty enjoyed; 

 and, notwlthliaudiug he was ai\iilitary 

 iirjtu, and every ihin-j ajjpertainins; to 

 tile military .fyitem t'avours of tyranny, 

 \vX it mull be all ivvcd iluU his dimiinions 

 were izovcriuxl by wife, laws, and the 

 fccptrc wielded with a lenient hand. Tins 

 I'vtlcni, equally jnfi and politic, was pro- 

 (iutitive of the ^rcateit advantages; for 

 his people became fuddcnly rich umjer 

 his wife adniiniltralion, and his own re- 

 venues, of courfe, encreafed in the ratio 

 Of" their profpcrity. 



According to ,AIirabcau, who was at 

 liis court in 17Uo, and feems to have 

 Jiccn received with an extraortlinary de- 

 gree of corrliality, h.e appeared both 

 >:reat and amiable in private life. " Af- 

 furcdly," fays that" writer, " he would 

 not be coniukreil as aa ordinary ma:;,' 

 even among dilliuguidied pcrfoirtiges. lie 

 is piilite, c.en to aiVectalion ; he l|)eaks 

 w lih i)recif.on, and even with elegance ; 

 l)i:t he fonicwiiat labours to diiiiiiguilh 

 liijnfelf, and is Xometmies deficient in 

 refpect to the proper cxpreffion. 

 " He kuoM^ how to lifien, imd even 



to interrogate, by mfans of liis anfwers. 

 Praife, embellilhed with the graces, and 

 enveloped in rUgancc, is a>ireeable t» 

 him; he is pro<ligioiiily laborious, per-' 

 fpicacious, and well-informed. His cor- 

 refpondence is imiiienfc, and for this ad- 

 vantage he is chieliy indebted to pcr- 

 fonal coiilideration, as lie is not futtiei- 

 ently rich to pay for fo much information ; 

 and but few of the great cabinets of 

 ]'',tiropc are fo well inftructcd as himfelf 

 relatix c to ])uliUc atVairs, 



'• 'I'be Duke is not infcnfible to ele- 

 gance and to pleafure; but he is a fcrn- 

 pulous obfervcr of all the decencies of 

 life, lleligioully faithful to his fituatioii 

 as a foverelgn, he i)erceivcs that eco- 

 nomy is his principal relimrce. A tnie 

 ^Alcibiatles, he loves the graces, and 

 whatever is voluptuous*; but tliefe 

 never inllueucc either his labours ©r his 

 duties." 



The following is iv lift of the children 

 of the Duke of linmfwick, by the Priii- 

 cels Aii'.'ulia of Kngland : 



1. Charles (icoi-ge Auguftus, termed, 

 during his lifc-vlme, the Hereditary 

 I'riiice; Itorn on the IStli of February, 

 17b(), and married on the 14th of Fe- 

 bruary, 17*10, to Fre<lerica Louifa Wil- 

 helmina, diHighter of Prince William of 

 NalVan-Orange : 



'J. Carolina Amelia Elbabcth, Priii- 

 cefs of I?runlwick, born on the 17th of 

 JNiay, 17C8, and married on the 8th of 

 April, 179j, to his Kuyal Highnefs (ieorge 

 Auguihis J'rcderic, Prince of Wall*;, by 

 whom Ihe has an only daughter, Princel's 

 Charlotte Augulia, Iwrii on the 7lh of 

 January, 170<>: 



'3. (ieorgc William Chrifiian, horn on 

 tl»e rtli of .Fune, 1760 : 



4. Auguftus, born on the 18th of Au- 

 gufi, 1J70: and 



5. Fri'deric Williim>, born ou the 9tl» 

 of October, 1771. 



The fate of the Duke of Briinfwick 

 recalls a variety of painful fnnl'ations, 

 and v.e cannot clofc this memoir refpcct- 

 i::^ him better than in the vxords made 

 ul'e of by i^iican, in refpccl to I'ompey : 



" Si vris magna panitur 



Fama bonis, ct fi I'uccelVu nuda remota 

 Inlpicitur virtus, qiiicquiJ lauilamus in uH# 

 jMajiinim, foituna iViit." 



* SamailielTe, MaJemoifcUc Hartl'^ld, til 

 la femnie la pics railonnable de la cour, ec 

 ce choix eft telicmcnt convenable, que le 

 Due ayant montic, il y ,a pen de temps, 

 qudque vcllcitc puur un autre (enime, U 

 Duchcde sVft lisuec avec Mile, de Hartreld 

 pour Tecarter."— Hj/i(j.vv HccrcU de la Cour da 

 Berlin, vol. i. pJj^c 21. 



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