Page 9 Frontispiece to face the title Duke of Bedford's arms Elephant View of St. Peter's bridge at Sieve, near Florence Duke of Devonshire's arms Mr. Addison Rhinoceros Medals of the King and Queen given away at the Coronation Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain The right hon. William Pitt, Efq; Duke of Portland's arms Duke of Manchester's arms Duke of Chandos's arms In 1728, he was appointed first gentleman of the bed-chamber to Frederic, late prince of Wales: to whom he was allo mafter of the horse, in 1735, and groom of the ftole, in 1742. On Jan. 12, 1731-2, he was elected knight of the Bath; grand-mafter of the free and accepted mafons, April 6, 1738; and highfteward of Winchester, in 1754. His grace, by Mary, eldest daughter of Charles lord Bruce, only fon of Thomas late earl of Aylesbury, had a daughter, lady Caroline, born March 29, 1729-30, and wedded, March 17, 1755, to John Leigh, of Addlefthrape, inGloucefter fhire, Efq; and James, marquis of Carnarvon, born December 27, 1731, who married, March 22, 1753, Margaret, daughter and heirefs of John Nichol, of Southgate, Middlefex, Efq; His grace married, fecondly, Mrs. Anne Wells, who, dying in 1759, left him a daughter, lady Augufta, torn October 6, 1-48. Armorial Bearings. Argent, on a cross, fable, a leopard's head, or. CrA. On a wreath, the buft of an old man, fide-faced, proper, wreathed about the temples, argent and azure, vefted paly of the first and gules, and femi of roundies counterchanged; the cape ermine; and, on his head, a cap, or, lined with white fur. Supporters. Two otters, argent. Metto. Maintien le droit. Support the right. Chief Seats. Wilton-caftle, and Acconbury, in Herefordshire; Biddefden, in Hamphire; and in Upper-Brookstreet, London. COMPENDIOUS HISTORY OF FRANCE. [Continued.] Anno Bron was fucceeded as mayor of Having refolved to invade the dominions the the monarch with all the external marks of respect. He allowed him to retain the trappings of royalty; indulged him with all the pleasures of fenfuality, as well as with all the pageantry of pomp. He still enjoyed the title of king, appeared as fuch at all public folemnities, and gave audience, as ufual, to foreign ambassadors. But all the power of the empire refided in the hands of Pepin, and he entirely conducted the machine of government. [An. 692.] From this æra we may date the extinction of the Merovingian race; for though fome of that family furvived it, they were no other than the fhadows of authority. Pepin's admirable conduct evinced the extent of his capacity. He strengthened his own influence, by recalling those who had been fent into exile. He redreffed grievances, punished oppreffors, regulated the finances, difciplined the troops, honoured the clergy, and promulgated wholesome laws in the general affemblies, held commonly in the beginning of March, at which the prelates as well as the nobility affifted. On thefe occafions, Thierri was always prefent in the character of fovereign, feated on his throne, and furrounded by his officers; all proceedings had the fanction of his name; and all benefits were faid to iffue from his favour. The great abilities and influence of Pepin, who had no other title but that of prince, and duke of the Franks, inhanced his character to fuch a degree among the nations, that the court of France was vifited by ambaffadors from the Sclavonians, Huns, Lombards, by the Greek emperor Juftinian II. and even the Saracens of Arabia. Thierri dying about three years after the demife of his authority, left by his wife Cothilda two fons, of whom Pepin proclaimed the eldest, by the name of Clovis III. at that time in the tenth year of his age, and this young prince bore the regal title about four years, during which Pepin was employed in reducing the Frifons, and other barbarous nations, who had refufed to pay the tribute in which they had formerly acquiefced. Clovis did not attain to the years of difcretion; but was fucceeded as nominal king by his brother Childebert, whofe life was equally inactive and obfcure. Mean while, Pepin humbled the Allemans and Bavarians; and carefully provided for his own family. By his first wife Plectrude, he had Drogon and Grimoalde, the first created duke of Burgundy, the other appointed mayor of the palace to Childebert, Being divorced from his wife, he married Alpaide, who bore to him Charles, furnamed Martel, and Childebrand. Drogon was warm and active, brave and liberal; but he died in the flower of his age. Grimoalde was more mild in his character, humane, pious, and difcreet. The fons of the fecond marriage did not rife to any great eminence, during the life of their father. Childebert II. having wielded an ineffectual fceptre feventeen years, under the tutorage of Pepin, quitted this life; and his fon was proclaimed king by the name of Dagobert II. Grimoalde was appointed mayor of the palace; but acted in every thing according to his father's direction. Pepin being feized with a dangerous diíorder at Jutil, in the neighbourhood of Herital, those who envied his greatness, perfuaded that he could not recover, refolved to take this opportunity of ruining his whole family. A confpiracy was for med for this purpofe, under the aufpicts of Rangaire, who with his own hand alfaffinated Grimoalde, while he was at his devotion in the church of St. Lambert, at Liege. Pepin, however, recovered contrary to all expe&tation; took ample vengeance on his enemies; and as a mark of extraordinary affection for his murdered fon, appointed his only fun Theudoalde, mayor of the palace, though he was yet in his infancy. Soon after this tranfa&tion Pepin died, after having managed the reas of government for the space of eight and twenty years. The administration was devolved to Theudoalde's grand-mother, Plectrude, who having been divorced from Pepin, was reconciled to him after the death of his fecond confort. She atfumed the direction of affairs, as tutorefs to her grand-child; and dreading oppoûtions 'from her fon-in-law Charles Martel, committed him to prifon. But she had not weight enough to over-balance the faction of her husband's enemies, who now took arms against her, on pretence of restoring Dagcbeit to the uncontrouled sway enjoyed by his progenitors. In this emergency, Plectrude had recourfe to the affiftance of the Australians, who being devoted to her family, raifed a formidable army to fupport her influence.. This, however, being defeated by Dagobert and Rainfroy, whom the nobility had elected mazer Compendious Hiftory of France. In Mag. mayor of the palace, Plectrude retired with Theudoalde to.Cologne; but her grandfon did not long furvive the battle. the mean time, Charles Martel efcaping from prifon, repaired to Auftrafia, where the people received him as their duke; and he collected a good number of troops from the fcattered remains of the army which had been defeated. Dagobert was employed in making preparations for driving Plectrude from Cologne, when his expedition was fruftrated by his death, and his crown devolved to his only fon, a child at the breast, surnamed Thierri of Chelles, from the place of his nativity. Rainfroy and his adherents having occafion for a king of fome courage and capacity, fet afide Thierri, and bringing from a convent Daniel, the fon of Childeric II. befowed upon him the crown, with the appellation of Chilperic. This prince, though an ecclefiaftic, manifested great spirit and addrefs. All his efforts were directed against Charles Martel, who inherited all the qua Jities and ambition of his father, and had by this time compromifed all differences with his mother-in-law Plectrude. peric having fecured the alliance of the Frifons, who levied an army to co-operate with him in the field, marched in perfon into Auftrafia; while they gave battle to Charles Martel, and gained an advantage over him. This check enabled Chilperic to effect a junction with the conquerors, and undertake the fiege of Cologne. But Plectrude having gratified his aliies with a confiderable fum of money, they retired to their own country, and the king was obliged to defift. In his retreat, he was harraffed by the forces of Charles Martel, who at length attacked his camp in the foreft of Arden, and obtained a victory, which augmented his credit and reputation to fuch a degree, that he foon found himself at the head of an army fufficient to act upon the offensive against his enemies, Chil [An. 717.] Thus reinforced, he marched towards Cambray, where Chilperic and his mayor had established their head-quarters; and a battle enfuing in the neighbourhood of Arias, both fides fought with uncommon obftinacy; till at length, vicrory declared for Charles Martel, who made the best use of his good fortune; 655 ravaged the country as far as Paris, and Suevians by fea, and the Frifons by land. [To be continued.] An An Account of a new Tragedy entitled Hecuba. Tats, braccio o long only of enter HIS tragedy confifts only of three the time of its reprefentation nearly equal to that of a five at tragedy.. The Rory of it is from the hiftory of the Trojan war, at the period, when after the facking of that famous city, the Grecian fleet lay' wind-bound at Cherfonefus, and the conduct of the plot is as follows. The first act is opened by Ulyffes, (Mr. Davis) who in the courfe of a converfation with a Greek named Talthybius, (Mr. Cafle) and of a long foliloquy, gives the audience to understand, that Hecuba the widow of king Priam, and her daughter Polyxnea, are now captives in the Grecian camp; but that an embaffy is arrived from Pyrechmus, king of Paonia, to treat with Agamemnon for their ranfom. This, however, he appears to be strongly againit complying with, from the apprehenfion that a new progeny may fpring from Polyxena, which may again resume the cause of Troy, and give disturbance to the Greeks....... Something, moreover, mysterious appears, with respect to the Pæonian ambasador, a youth named Eriphilus, (Mr. Holland) who comes under the tutelage and guardianship of a reverend fage, of the name of Melanthus, (Mr. Havard.).... The youth foon appears, and in a converfation firft with Ulyffes, and afterwards with Polyxena, (Mifs Bride) confirms the fufpicion that he is more interested than an abfolute ftranger could be in the concerns of Hecuba and her family, particularly in the last of thefe conferences, he vows to revenge the murder of a fon of Hecuba, named Polidore, who for the fake of his treafures had been put to death by Polymeftor, his brother-in-law, to whofe charge he had been committed by his mother...... The queen next appears, (Mrs. Pritchard) whofe griefs be ing fo great, as to feem beyond the reach of any relief, the is with difficulty perfuaded even to fee Eriphilus: at length, however, convinced by his eloquence, and urged by tenderness for her daughter, the is prevailed on to accept of Pyrechmus's friendly offer, and take refuge in the Pronian court; and with this determination the act concludes. At the beginning of the fecond ac, 2 however, this dawn of hope is converted into defpair, by a decree of Chalcas the Grecian priest, who had declared, that the adverfe winds which detained their fleet, would never find an alteration til Polyxena should be facrificed to the mars of Achilles, whofe fhade had appeared, and demanded that attonement for his death.....The queen's diftrefs is now beyond all bounds, and a fine fcene enfues, in which, notwithstanding the tendereft and most fubmiffive pleadings of Hecuba with Ulyffes, (who had moreover been indebted to ber for his own life, when Helen difcovered him in difguife in the court of Priam,) Polyxena is borne off to facrifice. After fome little time, however, which is paffed by the queen in the various extremes of grief and rage, news is brought that as the princefs was conveying to the temple, Eriphilus, with his Pæonian guards, had rescued her from the Greeks, and was haftening with her to his fhips, to which there was hope they might arrive before they could be overtaken by a party of the Greeks, which was in pursuit of them. The queen now earnest to know further particulars of this heroic youth, who had, as the herfelf expreffes it, made himself a brother to her daughter, is at length informed by Melanthus, that he is indeed het brother, being that long loft Polidore, which he had fuppofed to be flain by Polymeftor, but whom he himself, whole real name is Eumelus, had preferved and trained up. To confirm this, he produces a wreath wrought with her own hands, which the child had on when delivered to Polymestor.. Her grief is now converted into an extafy of joy; but on the entrance of Ulyffes, who comes to per fuade her to recal Eriphilus and Polyxena, telling her, that perhaps the life of the former may be accepted instead of the latter, fhe is near betraying the fecret, when the conference is broken by a meffenger, who informs Ulyffes, that Eriphilus has again routed the Greeks who had intercepted him, on which Ulyffes goes himself to the field, and the act ends. The third act begins with Eriphilus in chains, to whom Melanthus foon enters and gives a very fine narrative of the sa crifice |