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The present Number contains a Print of Mr. Booth, as FITZHARDING, in the CURFEW;' and also a View of PORT

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WE SELECT THE FOLLOWING FROM MACBETH, a POEM, in SIX CANTOS, With Historical Notes,

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SUENO, while in England, receiving intelligence of the defeat of his countrymen, the Danes, under the command of Olave, Eneco, in the county of Mar, by Malcolm, King of Scotland, dispatched his general Camus to their assistance, with an army, composed of veteran soldiers, and of fresh supplies lately received from Denmark; Camus, having arrived at the Firth of Forth, attempted to effect a landing, but was repelled by the bravery of the inhabitants. From thence he sailed to the Red Promontory (or Red Head) in Angus, and, having landed his troops, attacked several strong places in that neighbourhood, but was repulsed. Defeated in this object, he began to spoil the country, and, having proceeded as far as Panbride, and pitched his camp, intelligence was brought to him, that the forces of the

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Scottish, were only two miles distant. On the next day the chiefs of both armies, having exhorted their troops, offered battle at the same time. They engaged, however, on the third day, and the conflict was continued with all the fury that hope, of victory, and ancient hatred could inspire. The Scottish having gained the day, Camus retreated with the remainder of his army to the neighbouring hills, with the intention of penetrating to Murray, and of joining those Danes that remained there, under Olave. But, being hotly pursued, he was overtaken about two miles distant from the field of battle, surrounded, and slain with all his followers. A monument still exists, erected in commemoration of the victory, and the tradition is farther corroborated by the circumstance of the adjacent country retaining the name of Camus."

As this incursion of the Danes took place about the latter end of the reign of Malcolm, the author has thought proper to introduce into his tale, the two well known characters of Duncan and Macbeth, the grandsons of Malcolm. From the following statement this assumption will appear warranted. According to Buchanan, Malcolm was slain in Glammis Castle, in 1034, Duncan in 1040; leaving six years for the duration of Duncan's reign. But, as Duncan had children arrived at man's estate, when he was murdered, it may be inferred, that he was capable of entering the ranks of war, during this incursion of the Danes. It may also be presumed, that Macbeth, the cousin of Duncan, and his chief captain during his short reign, and according to historians, a man of vast abilities for war, was also capable of sustaining a conspicuous part in the battles which were fought, on this occasion.

As Buchanan also mentions, that Duncan married the daughter of Siward, Duke of Northumberland-in order to diversify the tale, the author has taken advantage of this circumstance, and endeavoured to exalt, and invigo rafe the soft and unwarlike character of Duncan, by displaying the workings of those generous feelings in bis breast, which love inspires.

With no other guides, at the time of the composition of this tale, than the history of Buchanan, and the traditions of the places which he visited, the author has found,

since he had the opportunity of inspecting Boethius, that several of his narrations differ from the traditions handed down by that ancient historian. In one instance, however, he agrees with him, though contrary to Buchanan,--- that the Danes burned, and laid waste every castle, town, and village which they attacked in their in cursion. But these circumstances must weigh little with the reader. We do not speak of facts, but of traditions and the traditions prevalent in our day, are as worthy of belief as those common in the days of Boethius.

"Tall and robust the form of Duncan rose,
The bloom of youth shone on his manly face,
And in the lustre of his eye was seen
The beam of mild humanity, and love.
To him the warrior's shout, the dying groan,
The trump of vict'ry, gave no stern delight;
The garment roll'd in blood, the flaming cot,
The woes, the mis'ry of a peaceful land
O'erbalanced in his patriotic mind,

The direful glory of the victor's reign.

Yet he was bold when Scotland's ruthless foes
Destruction threaten'd to her peaceful fields;
And Malcolm smil'd to see his Grandsire's sword
Gleam foremost in the ranks of hostile Danes.

He Ella lov'd, fair child of Siward brave,
The powerful Duke of wide Northumberland;
And oft within her faithful bosom swell'd
The secret sigh of love in pure return;
Nor did their passion lack encouragement;
For now, their sires, in ancient friendship bound,
Long'd to consolidate by holy chain,
The happy union of their children's love;
Each day young Duncan sped his trusty page,
To Tay's wide mouth, for tidings of his love;
Oft did he chide the winds for long delay ;
And, stealing from the tumult of the feast,
That ill accorded with his anxious heart,
He sought, amid the solitudes around,

To soothe his soul, by wand'ring through the scenes
Where Ella once had shar'd the happy hour,
Swift flying o'er their heads, in converse sweet;
Oft by the silver stream that winds its way

;

From mountain grey, by darksome pines o'erhung,
Or deep within the den he rov'd alone;

Or by the cat'ract's foot his course he staid,
Where headlong pours the stream its foaming tide,
Thrice broken in its fall, by trees embower'd,
Which hide the glitt'ring day, and spread around
A pleasing gloom that fills the lover's soul
With pensive reverie, or with rapt'rous dreams.
"Twas here he sat, and thought of those bright days,
Those happy days he spent in Warkworth Hall,
Where Ella, in her beauty as the moon,
Amid the stars, presided, and drew all

Th' adoring eyes of young and gallant Thanes :
Fair sight indeed to him! for he, alone,
Drew homage from those eyes to which the rest
Swore fealty; now to that happy time

His fancy wings, when, 'mid admiring Thanes,
And Scotland's blooming maids, the holy priest
Should bless their plighted faith-then should he live
Amid the sunshine of unclouded joy,

And feel the rapture that true love inspires
Within each heart, as the soft breeze of spring,
That breathes around the tender daffodil,
And fills its bosom, with increasing sweets."
"Tis our's to spare

Our people's blood-the riches of our state.
That king, who follows every passion's sway,
Revenge, or love of pow'r, or love of fame,
Regardless of his subjects' lives, or weal,
Their present comfort, and their future peace,
Tho' he should stand victorious on each field,
Is not his people's friend-by passion blind,
He holds them, but as tools by fortune lent,
To work his fatal ends-the toil, the woe,
The sufferings of the man, he sees not then-
The anguish of the heart, the indigence,
And all the evils that surround the bed
Of aged father, weeping wife, or child,
In lonely cottage left, the parent slain,
Ne'er come within the vision of his mind,
Since we are forc'd to war, and blood must flow
To guard our smiling fields, and well lov'd friends;
Let us each 'vantage seize, nor sport, the while,

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