BOOK III. CHAP. IV. 479 



Cui, omnes morum, virtutumque dotes belllcarum. 

 In cumulum acceflerunt, 



CARMEN. 

 DENIQUE venturum fatis volventibus annum [i?] 



Cundta per extenfum lasta videnda diem, 

 Excuflis adfunt curis, fub imagine [J^j clara 



Felices populi, terraque lege virens. 

 [g] Te duce. [/j] quse fuerant malefuada mente perada 



Irrita, confpedlu non reditura tuo. 

 Ergo omnis populus, nee non plebecula cernet 



[/6j Hsefurum collo te [/] relc'gq/j'e jugum, 

 Et mala, qus diris quondam cruciatibus, infons 



Infula pafla fuit; condoluiflet onus 

 Ni vidtrix tua Marte manus prius inclyta, noftris 



Sponte [k'j ruinofis rebus adefle velit. 

 Optimus es fervus Regi fervire BritannOy 



Dum gaudet genio [/] Scotica terra tuo : 

 Optimus heroum populi [w] fulcire ruinam; 



Infula dum fuperefl ipfe [«] fuperftes eris. 

 Vidtorem agnofcet te Guadaloupa, fuorum 



Defpiciet [o] merito diruta caftra ducum. 

 Aurea vexillis flebit jadlantibus [/>] Iris, 



Cumque fuis populis, oppida vidla gemet. 



\e~\ Afpke •venturo latcniur at omnia Sa:clo. f^'rg. E. iv. 52. 



[/] Clara feems to be rather an improper epithet joined to Imagi, 



\.S\ ^ (luce, fi qua manent fceleris veftigia noftri 

 Irrita, perpetua folvent formidine terras. ^"'i'> ■£• iv. 13. 



\]i\ Alluding perhaps to the conteft about removing the feat of government and public offices 

 from SpaniJIj Town to Kingjlon, during the adrainiftration of governor Kn s. 



\i\ Pro reievajjc. 



[^] Quem vocet divum populus mentis 



Imperi relus. Hor. Lib. I. Oti, ii. 



[/] Mr. HfJdane was a native of North Britain. 



[-V/] Tu Ptolomase potes m^gm/ulcire ruinam. Lucan. Lii. viii. 528. 



['/] This was a promife of fomewhat more than antediluvian longevity. But the poet proved a 

 falfe prophet, for Mr. Haldane did not furvive the deliveiy of this addrefs many months. 



[c] EgerkjuJIo Jomitos ti'mmpho. Hor. Lib.l. Oii.-x.\\. 



[/] Iris. Botanic name of ih.cjlcur-tfe-1'ur, alluding to the arms of France. 



I ■ Crede, 



