C H A P. XIII. 



EMINENT MEN, NATIVES OF 

 N'ORTHUMB ERLAND. 



TO educate and form the fouls, of men to greatnefs, to raife 

 in them a paflion for glory, for arms, for arts ; to infpire 

 them with a refolution to adorn, as well as fojjefs the earth; to pro- 

 voke them to call away the fordid love of felf, that grand enemy 

 to virtue, to religion, to our country ; I fliall lay before them 

 fuch a portion of Northumberland merit, as has come to my know- 

 ledge, whether it be found in great captains, great fcholars, 

 great patrons of learning, .of trades, and of rural and domeftic 

 arts. 



And, firft, I mall mention fuch as were great captains. Nor- 

 thumberland-hero'tfm has been much celebrated in our Briti/Jj an- 

 nals, wherein the inhabitants ftand early diftinguiflied under the 

 ftile of A-iiiis ferocijt-ni (a), whofe leaders were as eminent for 

 their bravery, as their quality ; among whom, not the leaft im- 

 mortalized in fame, is 



Sir John Copeland, of Cope land, by Wooler, and captain of Rox- 

 brough-CaJlle, in Scotland, ftiled by way of eminence in our hifto- 



(a) Camden. 



