Campaign. Upon this Representation, the Emperor has given Orders to feveral Regiments to march towards the Rhine, and difpatched Expreffes to the refpective Princes of the Empire to defire an Augmentation of their Forces.

These Letters add, That an Express arrived at the Hague on the 20th Instant, with Advice, That the Enemy having made a Detachment from Tournay of 1500 Horfe, each Trooper carrying a Foot-Soldier behind him, in order to furprize the Garrison of Aloft; the Allies, upon Notice of their March, fent out a strong Body of Troops from Ghent, which engaged the Enemy at Afche, and took 200 of them Prisoners, obliging the reft to retire without making any further Attempt. On the 22d in the Morning a Fleet of Merchant Ships coming from Scotland, were attacked by fix French Privateers at the Entrance of the Menfe. We have yet no certain Advice of the Event: But Letters from Rotterdam say, That a Dutch Man of War of forty Guns, which was Convoy to the said Fleet, was taken, as were alfo eighteen of the Merchants. The Swiss Troops, in the Service of the States, have compleated the Augmentation of their refpective Companies. Thofe of Wirtemberg and Pruffia are expected on the Frontiers within few Days; and the Auxiliaries from Saxony, as alfo a Battalion of Holftein, and another of Wolfembuttle, are advancing thi ther with all Expedition. On the 21ft In

ftant,

ftant, the Deputies of the States had a Conference near Woerden with the President Rou ille, but the Matter which was therein debated is not made Publick. His Grace the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene continue at the Hague.

From my own Apartment, April 18.

I have lately been very ftudious for Intelligence, and have just now, by my Aftrolo gical Flying-Poft, received a Packet from Felicia, an Ifland in America, with an Account that gives me great Satisfaction, and lets me understand that the Island was never in greater Profperity, or the Administration in fo good Hands, fince the Death of their late glorious King. Thefe Letters import, That the Chief Minifter has entered into a firm League with the ableft and best Men of the Nation, to carry on the Caufe of Liberty, to the Encouragement of Religion, Virtue, and Honour. Those Perfons at the Helm are fo ufeful, and in themselves of fuch Weight, that their strict Alliance must needs tend to the universal Profperity of the People. Ca millo, it seems, prefides over the Deliberations of State; and is so highly valued by all Men for his fingular Probity, Courage, Affability, and Love of Mankind, that his being placed, in that Station has diffipated the Fears of that People, who of all the World are the moft jealous of their Liberty and Happiness. The next Member of their Society is Horatio,

who

who makes all the Publick Dispatches. This Minister is Master of all the Languages in Use to great Perfection: He is held in the highest Veneration imaginable for a fevere Honesty, and Love of his Country: He lives in a Court, unfullied with any of its Artifices, the Refuge of the Oppreffed, and Terror of Oppreffors. Martio has joined himself to this Council ; a Man of most undaunted Refolution and great Knowledge in Maritime Affairs; famous for deftroying the Navy of the Franks, and fingularly happy in one Particular, That he never preferred a Man who has not proved remarkably serviceable to his Country. Philander is mentioned with particular Distinction; a Nobleman who has the moft refined Taft of the true Pleasures and Elegance of Life, joined to an indefatigable Industry in Business. A Man eloquent in Affemblies, agreeable in Conversation, and dextrous in all Manner of Publick Negotiations. These Letters add, That Verono, who is allo of this Council, has lately fet Sail to his Government of Patricia, with Design to confirm the Affections of the People in the Interests of his Queen. This Minifter is Mafter of great Abilities, and is as industrious and restless for "the Prefervation of the Liberties of the People, as the greatest Enemy can be to fubvert them. The Influence of thefe Perfonages, who are Men of fuch diftinguished Parts and Virtues, makes the People enjoy the utmost Tranquility in the midst of a War, and gives Ꭰ

them

them undoubted Hopes of a fecure Peace from their Vigilance and Integrity.

The TATLER. [N° 5.

From Trefd. Apr. 19. to Thurfd. Apr. 21. 1709.

White's Chocolate-house, April 20.

(a Tear, HO names that Loft Thing, Love, without Since fo debauch'd by ill-bred Customs here, To an exact Perfection they have brought The Action, Love, the Paffion is forgot.

This was long ago a witty Author's Lamentation, but the Evil ftill continues; and if a Man of any Delicacy were to attend the Difcourses of the young Fellows of this Age, they would believe there were none but Prostitutes to make the Objects of Paffion. So true it is what the Author of the above Verses faid, a little before his Death, of the Modern Pretenders to Gallantry: "They fet up for Wits

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in this Age, by faying when they are Sober, " what they of the last spoke only when they "were Drunk. But Cupid is not only Blind at prefent, but Dead-drunk, he has loft all his Faculties: Elfe how fhould Celia be fo long a Maid with that agreeable Behaviour? Corinna, with that sprightly Wit? Lesbia, with

that

that Heavenly Voice? And Sacharissa, with all those Excellencies in one Person, frequent the Park, the Play, and murder the poor Tits that drag her to publick Places, and not a Man turn pale at her Appearance? But fuch is the fallen State of Love, that if it were not for honeft Cynthio, who is true to the Cause, we should hardly have a Pattern left of the ancient Worthies that Way: And indeed he has but very little Encouragement to perfe vere; but he has a Devotion, rather than Love, for his Mistress; and says,

Only tell her that I love,

Leave the reft to her and Fate;
Some kind Planet from Above,
May, perhaps, her Paffion move:
Lovers on their Stars must wait.

But the Stars I am fo intimately acquainted with, that I can affure him he will never have her: For would you believe it, tho' Cynthio has Wit, Good Senfe, Fortune, and his very Being depends upon her, the Termagant for whom he fighs, is in Love with a Fellow, who ftares in the Glass all the Time he is with her, and lets her plainly fee, she may poffibly be his Rival, but never his Mistress. Cynthio, the fame unhappy Man whom I mentioned in my first Narrative, pleases himself with a vain Imagination, that with the Language of his Eyes, now he has found who The is, he fhall conquer her, tho' her Eyes D 2

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