Writ afterwards upon fecing one of them faded in ber
Bofam. By the fame.

~ADE, beauteous flow'r, nor mourn thy tran-
fient date,

C. To which in his breaft their writer feels;
YOU'D these faint numbers glow #equal fire, FADE,

Cou'd Phoebus, like the fair unknown, inspire,
And verfe but emulate the flame it tells,
The lover fome fuccefs had found, and fhe
Been known to fame, tho' loft to love and me.
Wound not that love with too fevere a name,
Which was not chance, but paffion in excess
Conceal'd the shaft from whence the arrow came,
My hopes may be, but not my anguifh, less:
Strikes not the light'ning with a fate as true,
Shou'd vanquish'd reafon wonder whence it flew ?

Soon we and ours, like thee, muft yield to fate.
Thy wither'd leaves great Nature's call obey,
I, in my autumn, fhall as fure decay.
And, as if heav'n together bound our lot,
Both few fhall grieve, both foon fhall be forgot.
In Flavia's breaft, fince thou haft dar'd to die,
Well-pleas'd wou'd I thy envied place fupply.
And yet for what? for in a day or two

Flavia wou'd fcorn me, as the now fcorns you!

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EPIGRAM.

On Mr URBAN's calling the fenfelefs and fcurri-
lous Invective, published in the London Magazine
against Mrs Masters's innocent Poem, by fo fuft a
Name as an unpoetical Criticism. (See p. 154.)
Hat rede abhorrer of the good and fair
Affumes this mafquerading pious air?
Wrongs, brands, and execrates the barmless mule,
For ftrains which faints might read, and angels ufe?
Too mildly, Urban, you the flandrer blame,
Beneath the poet's his, or critick's name,
Fit champion for thy rival's magazine,
Like that, o'ercharg'd with dulnefs, rant, and spleen,
As thief Prometheus, once, to forry clay
Did members lend, and bungling life convey,
Aftley, to animate this thing of lead,
Lent him bis oron Wolf's heart, and Afs's head.
PHILASTRO.

The Sympathizing HEART. Set by Sig. GEMINIANI.

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Hiftorical Chronicle. April, 1739.

SUNDAY, APRIL 1. SOME Wags having advertised the Arrival of Mr Whitefield at London, and that he would preach at Bow near London, feveral A hundred People hurried down there to hear him; but to their great Mortification were disappointed. MONDAY 2.

Were executed at Sarum, for destroy. ing the Goods, and attempting to pull down the Dwelling-Houfes, of Mr Coul thurft, and other Clothiers; John Beazer: a Weaver, John Crabb, a Shearman, and Richard Romde, a Bricklayer. Two Troops of the Scotch Greys attended the Execution, which was performed without Disturbance. There was nothing remarkable in the Trials of these Rioters, or in their Speeches; their Excufe was, that they were compell'd to join the Mob, or only looked on.

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By Kate's Cabbin, near Stilton, Hun- C tingdonshire, was plough'd up in the High Road a Leaden Coffin, 400 lb. weight, that had lain 400 Years, and contain'd a very fresh Skeleton; together with Roman Silver and Brafs Coins, fome 2000 Years old: There was found also an Urn, with burnt Bones in it, and the Effigy of a Woman that was burnt.

FRIDAY 6.

Figures, with a curious Coat of Arms on it, were very little defaced.

The notorious Richard Turpin, and John Stead, were executed at York fot Horfe ftealing. Turpin behaved in an undaunted Manner; as he mounted the Lad. der, feeling his right Leg tremble, he stamp'd it down, and looking round about him with an unconcerned Air, he spoke a few Words to the Topfman, then threw himself off, and expir'd in five Minutes. He declared himself to be the notorious Highwayman Turpin, and confefs'd a great the Man that came to apprehend him on Numbea of Robberies, and that he thot Epping-Foreft, and King, his own Companion, undesignedly, for which latter he was very forry. He gave 31. 10 s. to s Men who were to follow the Cart as Mourners, with Hatbands and Gloves to them and feveral others. He was-bury'd in St George's Church-yard, in a neat Coffin, with this Infcription, J. P. 1739R. T. aged 28. The Mob having got Scent that his Body was ftole away to be anatomiz'd, went to the Place, and brought it away almost naked on Mens Shoulders, and filling the Coffin with Lime, bury'd it in the fame Grave.

He was first apprehended for ftealing a Game Cock, at Welton, near Brough in Yorkshire, where he had lived fice the D Proclamation against him under the Name of John Palmer, by dealing in Horses, which he fold to Gentlemen whom he uled to hunt with.

Were executed at Kennington-Common 3 Highwaymen and a Houfebreaker, condemned at the Affizes for Surrey. The Surgeons fix'd on the Body of one of them, a Shoemaker, but it was refcued by a great Number of the Craft, and carry'd home in Triumph to the Widow, who, to avoid Reflections, having withdrawn herself, they were fo exasperated that E they hawked about the dead Corpfe for fome Hours, offering it to fale to all the Apothecaries from Horydown to Rotherhith at a very cheap Rate, and, at lat, meeting with no Purchafer, they pitch'd it all over, and bury'd it in St George's Fields. So giddy a Creature is the Mobile, and fo proper is that Name for it.

SATURDAY 7.

The Workmen in digging the Foundation of the Manlion-Houfe in StocksMarket, took up a Grave-Stone that had laid there 297 Years; the Letters and

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Those with this Mark * are new ones. This Evening the new-born Prince was baptiz'd by the Bithop of Oxford at Norfolk Houle, and named EDWARD-AUGUSTUS. The Sponfors were the King of Pruffia, the Duke of Brunswick Wol-C fenbuttle, and the Dutchels of Saxe-Weiffenfels, by their Proxies, the Duke of Queensberry, the Marquis of Carnarvan, and the Lady Charlotte Edwin.

Simons, 7 Miles from Frederica in Geor-
gia, dated Dec. 26. with Advice that a
Court Martial had been held for trying 4
ors Ringleaders of the Mutiny againit
General Oglethorpe, which, it feems,
was not among the new-rais'd Men, but
in the two Companies which came from
A
Gibraltar, and were pofted under the
Lieutenant-Colonel on the Island Cumber
land at Fort St Andrews, the nearest Place
to Auguftine, from whence the Spaniards
ufed to come and converfe with them.
Being refufed fume unreasonable Demands,
they inftantly took to their Arms, and
cried out, One and all. The Gene B
ral by his Courage, Conduct, and Acti-
vity, foon quieted them. One at about

10 Yards Distance fired at him, the Bail
milling, whizz'd above his Shoulder, but
the Powder burnt his Face and Cloaths.
Another flash'd twice in the Par.
They have heard nothing from the Spa-C
niards, neither has the General fent to
Auguftine. But about the Middle of De-
cember a Spanish Sloop was feen off St An-
drews, which on the General's going out
himfelf, made away towards Auguftine
fafter than fhe came. The General

and his Servants lie in Tents, tho' the
Weather is very fevere; but all the Offi-D
cers and Soldiers have Houfes and Huts;
where they have Fires if they pleafe; not-
withstanding, they are not very eafy;
and perhaps will not, till the Mutineers
are punish'd, in terrorem, which has been
delay'd by the General's Forbearance.

At Macon, near Nugent in France, two Grave-diggers perceiving a Scull they had thrown up to move, they run and fetch'd the Parfon, who fecing it move alfo, cry'd out, as did all the Spectators, a Miracle! a Miracle! He immediately fent for a Crofs, Holy Water, a Surplice,

but as

c. after which he put the Scull in a Difh, with a Napkin over it, and carry'd it in Proceffion to the Church, where he placed it with great Ceremony on the high Altar, and began the Te Deum; they were finging the Verfe Te per Orbem Terrarum, a Mole came from the Scull, and put an End to their praifing the Lord. This Accident may, however, inftruct the Priests to make a more lafting Miracle.

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On the 17th the Rev. Mr Whitefield left Gloucefter, and preach'd in the Bowling-Green at Cheltenham that Evening and the next Morning; on the 19th he preached from the Market-Crofs at Evesham before the Mayor and the Corporation, and the same Night in a Yard** at Badley; he preach'd the next Day in the fame Places, and at Night in the Town Hall; the 25th he arrived in London, (by way of Oxford, where he was

prohibited preaching by the Vice-Chan cellor) on the 27th he preached on a Tomb in Ifington Church-yard being deny'd the Pulpit. Sunday the 29th he preach'd in Moorfields, and in the Afternoon on Kennington Common, Surrey.

In January lait a Ship being off the Capes of Virginia, with Palatines from Germany, in great Diftrefs for want of Provifions, and not knowing the Bay, drop'd Anchor, and fired feveral Guns for a Pilot to come off, but the Weather being bad, and much Ice floating, none came: Whereupon a German Gentleman

was on board took his Son and Daughter, and feveral other Paflengers, (to the Number of about Thirty) in the Longboat, and went on Shore to fee if they could get fome Provifions for their Re lief; but not finding a House, they made a Fire in the Woods, and fat by it all Night; the Weather being extreme cold, there

were but four of them alive next Morning: Several of them were Gentlemen of good Estates, and had Gold Watches in their Pockets, and Pieces of Gold. The Wind blowing very hard that Night, the Ship drag'd her Anchor, and truck fo much that the funk till the Water came to her Upper Deck: A great Number of the Paflengers in their Cabbins, were fo fick and weak that they wete not able to get upon Deck to fave themselves, but were drown'd, and were found floating in the Ship. The Mafter and Mate died at Sea, and the Boatfwain had the Com mand of the Ship, which came out from Rotterdam with 300 Paffengers, of which there is but 4 left alive, befides 4 or 5 Sailors. She was bound to James River in Virginia, a German Lord who came there laft Year, having obtain'd a Grant for a large Traft of Land, and was to bring over about 3000 People to fettle it, and this Ship's Company was the first of them.

Letters from Smyrna to feveral of our Turkey Merchants, dated Feb. 23, O. S. intimate, that the Day before they had received certain Advice, that the chief Rebel, the famous Sarey-Bey Oglou, had been attack'd, and obliged to fly from his Caftle with 400 Men; but whither he was fled was not known; and that one of the Bafhaws had taken Poffeffion of the faid Cattle.

There is Advice by the Halifax from
the Eaft-Indies, that Charles Barrington,
Efq; Supercargo of a Swedish Eaft-India
H
Ship, having Occafion to top for fome
Time at Madagascar, was introduced into
the King's Court, where that Prince's
Daughter fell in Love with him, and mar

ry'd