4*> lifiofyohnearlofBuchan. yalyi^f. 



<}er the carl of Buchan, the earl of Douglas, and his 

 son, with many other persons of distinction. 



The viscount of Narbonne was among the first to 

 sufFer bj an honourable death, the gentle punifhrnent 

 of his raflmefs. His body was sought for, found,, 

 and barbarously quartered, and hung upon gibbets 

 by order of Bedford, as having been accefsary to the 

 afsafsination of the duke of Burgundy. 



On the part of the Englifli army, the victory was 

 obtained with the lofs of no more than sixteen hun- 

 dred men at arms ; the lords of Audleigh and Carle- 

 ton being among the flain. The number oi the wound- 

 ed was more considerable, and reiolcings were pro- 

 hibited for so bloody a conquest. Next day Verneuil 

 was occupied by an Englifli garrison. 



Thus perilhed John Stuart, earl of Buchan, upon 

 the bed of honour, worthy of that truly royal and 

 accomplifhed family to which he owed his origin. 



To no family in Europe can we ascribe superior 

 gallantry, genius, elegance of taste, or splendour of 

 military and courtly abilities, than to the family of 

 Stuart, and for so long a period to no roycU i2.m\\j in 

 the world. 



James i. with the earl of Buchan and tlie lord 

 d'Aubigny, his cousins, in a little court like that of 

 Scotland, formed a '.uatchlefs groupe ; and, in the 

 race of d'Aubigny, till the conclusion of the great civil 

 war in the year 1648, we behold a succefsion of heroes 

 during the Vi^hole of its career : Nor, since their cha* 

 racters start from the canvas of history, is it necef- 

 sary to point them out to the admiration of posts* 

 Tity. 



