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lows the Engliih had gained th^ dnr ; but would iiifi- 

 nuate that it was not tlieir ufual cuftom ; for anes, 

 fays he, they got the dai^ Nor will he allow them 

 the glory ot a fair viftory : hy gjttle, hys he, they got 

 the day. From the youth being all cut ofF, he draws 

 an argument in favour of their bravery. It was no 

 wonder then that they (liould have been cut off, for 

 they were alway-s the foremoft in battle. They never 

 feared their enemies, but rulhed on boldly to death or 

 victory. 



Thus hath !*« raifed a trophy to their memory, 

 which hath yet efcaped the devaltations of time, and 

 which we hope fli ail yet.be long preferved by the fair 

 daughters of Caledonia. And while they tune their 

 harps and their voices, to raifc this mournful fong, 

 theyiliall fometimes drop a tear for the brave youths, 

 who fell in Flodden field ; and for the difconfolate vir- 

 gins, wiho were left lonely in the halls, to bewail the 

 untimely fate of their lovers. 



CoJ)j of a Letter from an Engli/h Slave-driver at Al- 

 giers to his Friend in England. 

 By the blefling of God, L have now got into a very good 

 birth. I liave tlie command cf twenty flaves, fome 

 Spanifli,. fome Knglifh, and fome Americans. I get 

 my vitluals, and equal to one fhilling a day bcfides, 

 and all far driving the flaves to the field, and keeping 

 them to their woik. when they are there. To be fure 

 it went hard with me at firit to whip my country-folks ; 

 but curtom, as the faying is, is fecond nature. So I 

 whip them now without minding it, juft for all the 

 world as if they were a parcel of horfes ; only when 

 they commit a fault, I make them whip one another, 

 which you know horfes cannot do. I hope, Tom, that 

 neither you nor any of my friends will think the worfe 

 of me for being as I am in my prefent birth. People 

 may fay this or that of the infidels; but fure am I they 



