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juft left. The chafleurs immediately rode back to con¬ 
vey this information to the general, who ordered three 
or four foidiers to fenrch the lufpefted place; and at laft 
Charette was difcovered by a corporal of the chafleurs. 
Traveaux alfo perceived him, and gave orders that not a 
fhot fliould be fired. The corporal caught hold of him 
by the Ikirts of his jacket and endeavoured to ftop him, 
but Charette, who, at that fatal moment had loft his cuf- 
tornary prefence of mind, kept running, and dragged the 
corporal after him till he came to a hedge, over which 
he attempted to leap, but fell into the midft of it, and 
was taken out in a ltate of infenfibility; being entirely 
exhaufted by his long-continued efforts to elcape. A 
little water thrown in his face having reftored him to his 
ienles, the flrft words he fpoke, were, “ Whofe priloner 
ami?” “ Traveaux,” was the anfwer. “ So much the 
better,’'faid he, “he is the only man worthy to take 
me.” He was armed with a carbine and two piftols, 
which he had difcharged in the previous adtion. His 
drefs was a green jacket, with the fkirts turned back, and 
embroidered with fleur-de-lis in gold; a pink waiftcoat, 
a lath of white filk with gold fringe at the ends; half 
boots, and around hat with a handkerchief over it. He 
had been ftruck by a ball, which had grazed his forehead 
over the left eye; and had been wounded in the left arm 
by the burfting of his carbine. As he was too w’eak to 
walk, he was put on a horfe, and conduced to the Cha¬ 
teau de Pont-de-vie, where he pafled the night in the 
general’s room, under a ftrong guard. He ate, and chat¬ 
ted all the night, and, in fhort, fup'popted that character 
of fortitude, wdrich he had acquired in fo many trying 
fltuations. Tiie next day he was taken to Angers, 
whence he w'as conveyed to Nantz, and there tried and 
fhot. Before his puniflnnent, the executioner alked him 
if he would permit him to tie a bandage over his eyes. 
<! No,” anfw'ered Charette; “ I have looked death often 
enough in the face to be able to brave him.” Being 
alked by general Tiaveaux, why he had not emigrated 
when he had found an opportunity ? “ I had fworn,” 
laid he, “ to put the king upon the throne, or perifh in 
the attempt. I have kept my oath.” 
Ho CHARGE, v. a. [charger , Fr. caricare, I tab from 
carrus, Lnt.] To entruft ; to commiflion for a certain 
purpofe : it has with before the thing entrufted.—And 
the captain of the guard charged joleph with them, and 
he ferved them. Gene flu. —To impute as a debt: with on 
before the debtor: 
My father’s, mother’s, brother’s, death I pardon : 
That’s fomew'hat lure ; a mighty lum of murder, 
Of innocent and kindred blood, ftruck off : 
My prayers and penance iliall difcount for thefe, 
And beg of Heav’n to charge the bill on me. Dryden. 
To impute, with on before the perfont o whom any thing 
is imputed.—It is not barely the ploughman’s pains, 
the reaper’s and threlher’s toil, and the baker’s fweat, is 
to be counted into the bread we eat ; the plough, mill, 
oven, or any other utenlils, mult all be charged on the ac¬ 
count of labour. Locke. 
Perverle mankind ! whofe wills, created free, 
Charge all their woes on abfolute decree ; 
All to the dooming gods their guilt tranflate. 
And follies are milcall’d the crimes of fate. Pope. 
To impute to, as coft or hazard.:—He was fo great an en- 
courager of commerce, that he charged himlelf with all 
the fea rifle of Inch veflels, as carried corn to Rome in 
winter. Arhuthnol. —To impofe as a talk : it has with be¬ 
fore the thing impofed.—The golpel chargeth us with 
piety towards God, and juftice and charity to men, and 
temperance and chaftity in reference to ourlelves. Tillot- 
fon. —To accule; to confine.—Speaking thus to you, I 
am fo far from charging you as guilty in this matter, that 
I can fincerely fay, I believe the exhortation wholly 
needlels. Wake. —To accule: it has with before the crime. 
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—And his angels'he charged with folly. Job.~—To chal¬ 
lenge.—The prielt lhall charge her by an oath. Numbers * 
—To command ; to enjoin : 
I charge thee, Hand, 
And tell thy name, and bufinefs in the land. Dryden. 
To fall upon; to attack: 
The Grecians rally, and their pow’rs unite; 
With fury charge us, and renew the fight. Dryden - 
To burden ; to load.—Meat fwailowed down for plea- 
fure and greedinels, only charges the ftomach, or fumes 
into the brain. Temple. —To cover with fomething ad¬ 
ventitious.—It is pity the obelilks in Rome had not been 
charged with feveral parts of the Egyptian hiftories, in- 
Head of hieroglyphics. Addij'on. —To fix, as for fight. 
Obfolete. —He rode up and down, gallantly mounted, and 
charged and difcharged his lance. Knolles. —To load a gun 
with powder and bullets. 
To CHARGE, v. n. To make an onfet.—Likeyour he¬ 
roes of antiquity, he charges in iron, and feems to de- 
lpife all ornament but intrinfic merit. Granville. 
CHARGE,/. Care ; cuftody ; truft to defend.—He en¬ 
quired many things, as well concerning the princes which 
had the charge of the city, whether they were in hope to 
defend the fame. Knolles. —Precept; mandate; command ,* 
He, who requires 
From us no other fervice than to keep 
This one, this eafy charge ; of all the trees 
In Paradife, that bear delicious fruit 
So various, not to talle that only tree 
Of knowdedge, planted by the tree of life. Milton. 
Commiflion ; truft conferred ; office.—If large pofieffions, 
pompous titles, honourable charges, and profitable coni- 
mifllons, could have made a proud man-happy, there would 
have been nothing wanting. L'Eflrange. —It had ancient¬ 
ly fometimes over before the thing committed to truft.— 
I gave my brother charge over Jerufalem; for he was a. 
faithful man, and feared God above many. Nehentiah. —< 
It has of before the fubjedt of command or truft: 
Haft thou eaten of the tree, 
Whereof l gave thee charge thou fhould’ft not eat? Milton, 
It has upon before the perfon charged.—He loves God 
with all liis heart, that is, with that degree of love, which 
is the higheft point of our duty, and of God’s charge upon 
us. Taylor. —Accufation ; imputation.—Thefe very men 
are continually reproaching the clergy, and laying to their 
charge the pride, the avarice, the luxury, the ignorance, 
and fuperftition, of popilh times. Swijt. —The perfon or 
thing entrufted to the care or management of another : 
More had he faid, but, fearful of her flay. 
The ftarry guardian drove his charge away. Dryden. 
An exhortation of a judge to a jury, or bilhop to his 
clergy.—The bilhop has recommended this author in his 
charge to the clergy. Dryden. —Expence ; coft ; 
He liv’d as kings retire, though more at 1 -arge, 
From public bufinefs, yet of equal charge. Dryden. 
It is in later times commonly ufed in the plural, charges .—. 
A man ought warily to begin charges, which, once be¬ 
gun, will continue. Bacon. —Onfet.—Honourable retreats 
are no ways inferior to brave charges-, as having lefs of 
fortune, more of difeipline, and as much of valour. Ba¬ 
con. —The fignal to fall upon enemies.—Our author feems. 
to found a charge, and begins like the clangour of a 
trumpet. Dryden. —The polture of a weapon fitted for 
the attack or combat: 
Their neighing couriers daring of the fpur, 
Their armed Haves in charge, their beavers down. Shake/. 
A load, or burthen. —Afles of great charge. Shake - 
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