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  Item Reference: KCLCAL-1851-1852-306

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310 GENERAL LITERATURE AND science Upon my wretched women that so long Have followed both my fortunes faithfully Of which there is not one dare avow And now should not lie but will deserve For virtue and true beauty of the soul For honesty and decent carriage right good husband let him be noble And sure those men are happy that shall have them The last is for my men -they are the poorest But poverty could never draw them from me That they may have their wages duly paid them And something over to remember me by If heaven had pleas'd to have given me longer life And able means we had not parted thus These are the whole contents -And good my lord By that you love the dearest in this world As you would wish christian peace to souls departed Stand these poor people's friend and urge the king To do me this last right -EranSlate into Hattn Prosic The stern countenance robust frame saturnine complexio caustic speech and austere demeanour of the first promise little sympathy with the short thick figure dark flashing eye quick movements and fiery temper of the second nor did the often meet without quarrel Nevertheless they had many points of resemblance in their characters and fortunes Both were inclined to harshness and rigid in command both were prone to disobedience yet exacting entire submission from infeJ riors and they were alike ambitious and craving of glory They both possessed decided military talents were enterprising and intrepid yet neither was remarkable for skill in handling troops under fire This also they had in common that both after uis- anguished services perished in arms fighting gallantly and being celebrated as generals of division while living have since their death been injudiciously spoken of as rivalling their great leader in war
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