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French themfelves to have been the ef- 
eét of bribery.” : 
: My nee in hfe has precluded me 
from paying very great attention to the 
French revolution, yet I have been far 
from an inattentive obferver of it, but 
have never feen or heard any thing atall 
authorifieg this affertion of the B.C.; 
nor can I eafily conceive the pofiibility of 
bribing fo large a body of troops.—l 
fhall, therefore, be much obliged to any 
of your correfpondents who will inform 
me, whether this affertion of the B.C. 
4s correct? for haying already more than 
once been deceived by trufting to that 
work, it cannot be thought uncandid to 
fufpend my belief till {uperior authority 
confirm the account. 
Auguft 3, 1797: S. M. 
————E——— 
For the Monthly Magexine. 
Tur PoerrRy OF HYWEL AB GWAIN, 
(CONTINUED). 
THE SEVENTH PIECE. 
Y Dewis, Hywel ab Owain ai cant. 
Y newifi riain virain veindeg, 
Hirwen yn ei ‘len, ‘liw ehoeg 5 ng 
Am dewis fynwyr fyniaw arwrelgialZ, 
Ban dy wed o vraiz wezalz woveg 5 
Am dewis gydran gyhydreg a bin, 
A bod yn gyvrin am rin, am reg. 
Dewis yw genyviharz-liw gwaneg, 
¥ doeth 7th gyvoeth, dy goeth Gymraeg. 
Dewis gényvi di: 
Beth yw gényti viz— 
Pa beth! a dewi di? 
Dég ei gofteg !— 
Dewifeifi viin, val nad attreg genyv :— 
lawn yw dewilaw: dewis, dyn dég | 
“THE TRANSLATION. 
Tur Cuorce. Sung by Hywel, fon of Owain. 
My choice is a lady, elegant, flender, and 
fair, whofe lengthened white form 1s feen 
through the blue thin veil; and my choiceft 
faculty is to mufe on fuperior female excellence, 
when fhe with diffidence utters the becoming 
fentiment; and my choiceft participation is to 
become united with the maid, and to fhare mu- 
tual confidence, in thoughts and fortune.—I 
choofe the bright hue of the fpreading wave, 
thou who art the moft difcreet in thy country, 
with thy pure Welch fpeech.—Choien by me 
art thou: what am I with thee? How! doft 
thou refrain from fpeaking, whofe filence even 
<5 fair !—-I have ebofen a maid, fo that with 
me there fhould be no fufpence :—it is right to 
choofe :«=choofe, fair maid ! 
MEIRION. 
eer ee 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
a your Magazine of laft month, you 
4S mention, that the firft preceptor te 
Edmund Burke was a Quaker; and, in 
Hywel’s Poetry....dtalian Poetss 
[Aug 
a note, that his name was Shackleford: 
His name was Abraham Shackleton — 
His fon, Richard, fucceeded him in the 
{chool at Ballitore, who afterwards gave 
it up to his own fon, Abraham Shackle- 
ton, the younger, who is (or very lately 
was) the prefent mafter. Richard once 
gave me a copy of one of his fon’s ad- 
vertifement; which, for any thing’ I 
know, is unique in its kind, and may ve 
worth a place in your Mifcellany. 
‘* BALLITORE GOARDING-SCHOOL. 
«Abraham Shackleton informs his 
friends, and thie public, that being 
‘ placed guardian over the morals of the 
youth under his care, he declines, 
‘ from confcientious motives, to teach 
“ that part of the academic courfe 
which he conceives injurious ta mo- 
‘ rals, and fubverfive of found princi- 
ples: particularly thofe authors whe 
recommend, in feducing language, the - 
-illufions or love, and the abominable 
trade of war. Thofe who defign their 
fons for the college, will take their 
meafures accordingly. He profeffes to 
fit youth for bufinefs, and inftruc& 
them in polite literature. Huis terms 
are 6]. per quarter: nO entrance mo- 
«; ney demanded.” 
Auguft 35, 1797- AMICUS: 
=e OE 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
Oe papers which -have appeared in 
your Magazine, upon the prefent 
fiate of Italian Literature, and upon the 
Poetry of Spain and Portugal, having 
aftorded much fatisfa€tion to your read- 
ers, I prefuine, that a concife notice of 
the beft Italian poets, and other writers, 
now living, will mot be lefs acceptable 
to them. The political ftate of Italy 
affording, at this moment, an interefting 
fpeétacle to the politician, its moral and 
philofophical ftate can fcareely fai! to in- 
tereft, in nearly an equal degree, the mo- 
ralift and the philofopher, - | 
XavieR BETTINELLI takes the lead 
among the Italian poets of the prefent 
day. Heisa venerable old man, of the 
dge of 80. He is a native of Mantua, 
and was formerly a.Jefuit, and intimately 
connected with count Algarotti. The 
Ttalians confider him as the pureft writer 
of his age. His works in profe are de- 
fervedly efteemed by the learned. His 
poetical works are alfo reckoned among 
the beft Italian productions of this cen- 
tury. He has publifhed three tragedies, 
together with fome dramatic and fugi- 
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