| 7 six | hundred | 7 and | eighty | five, 7| 7 the | Earl of Ar | gyle 7 | 7 was | brought from the | castle, | | first, 7| 7 to the | Laigh 7 | council-house, | 7 and | thence, 7| 7 to the | place of exe | cution. | | |7 Be | fore he | left the | castle, | 7 he had his | dinner | 7 at the | usual | hour, 7| 7 at | which he dis | coursed, 7 | not only | calmly, | 7 but | even | cheerfully, | 7 with Mr. | Chateris | 7 and | others. ☐ ☐ ☐ After | dinner | 7 he re | tired, 7| 7 as was his | custom, | 7 to his | bed-chamber, | | where it is re | corded, | 7 that he | slept 7 | quietly | 7 for a | bout a | quarter of an | hour. 7| | | While he was in | bed, 7 | one of the | members of the | council | came, 77 and | intimated | 7 to the at | tendants, | 7 a de | sire 7| 7 to | speak with him. | |7 Upon | being | told 7| 7 that the | Earl 7 | 7 was a | sleep, 7| 7 and had | left 7 | orders | not to be dis | turbed, 7| 7 the | manager | disbe | lieved the ac | count, 7| | which he con | sidered | 7 as a de | vice 7 | 7 to a | void 7 | further | questionings. | |

7 To satisfy him, | 7 the | door of the | bedchamber, | 7 was | half 7 | opened, | 7 and | then 7 | 7 he be | held, | 7 en | joying a | sweet 7| 7 and | tranquil | slumber, | 7 the | man, 7| who 7|7 by the | doom of | him 7| 7 and his | fellows, | 7 was to | die 7 | 7 with | in the | short 7 | space 77 of | two.7 hours! 7| | |

Struck with the | sight, 7| 7 he | hurried | 7 out of the | room, 7| | quitted the | castle | 7 with the | utmost pre | cipi | tation, | 7 and | hid himself | 7 in the | lodgings of an ac | quaintance | 7 who | lived 7

| near, 7| 7 where he | threw himself | 7 upon the first 7 | bed that pre- sented itself, | 7 and had | every appearance of a | man 7 | suffering | 7 the | most ex | cruciating | torture. | | | 7 His | friend, 77 who was ap | prised of the ❘ state he was in, 7 | 7 and who | naturally con | cluded he was ❘ ill, 7 { | offers him some | wine. 7 | | |7 He re | fused, 7| saying, | "no, 7 | no, 7 | that 7 | will not | help me. | | 7 I have | been at Ar | gyle, 77. and | saw him | sleeping | 7 as | pleasantly as | ever | man 7 | did 7| 7 with | in 7 | one 7 | hour 7| 7 of Eternity, | | 7 but | as for | me" 7| |

| 7 The | name of the | person | 7 to | whom 7 | this 7 | anecdote re | lates 7 | 7 is | not 7 | mentioned, | | 7 and the | truth of it | 7 may | therefore | 7 be | fairly con | sidered | 7 as | liable | 7 to | that de | gree of | doubt, 7| 7 with | which 7 | men of | judgment | 7 re | ceive 7 | every | species | 7 of tra | ditional | history. | | | Woodrow, | 7 how | ever, | 7 whose ve | racity | 7 is a | bove sus | picion, | | says, 7| 7 he | had it | 7 from the | most un | questionable | 7 au | thority. | | | 7 It is | not in it | self 7 | un | likely; | |7 and | who is there, | 7 that | would not | wish it | true? 7 | | | What a | satis | factory | spectacle | 7 to a | philo | sophical | mind, 7| 7 to | see the op | pressor | 7 in the | zenith of his power | | envying his | victim! | | | What an ac | knowledgment | 7 of the | superi | ority of | virtue! | | | What an af | fecting | 7 and | forcible | testimony |7 of the | value of that | peace of

mind, 7| 7 which | Innocence | 7 a | lone 7 | 7 can con | fer! 7| | | 7 We know not | who 7| 7 this | man 7 | was, 7 | | but when we re | flect 7 | 7 that the | guilt 7 | 7 which | agonized him, | 7 was | probably | 7 in | curred | 7 for some | vain 7 | title, | 7 or at | least 7| 7 for some | increase of | wealth 77 which he | did not | want, 7| 7 and possibly | knew not | how to en | joy; 7| 7 our dis | gust 7 | 7 is | turned into | something | like com | passion, | 7 for that | very | foolish | class of | men, 7| whom the | world 7 | calls 7 | wise in their | gene | ration. |||

Soon 7 | after this | short re | pose, 7| 7 Ar | gyle | 7 was | brought 7 | 7 ac | cording to | order, | 7 to the | Laigh 7| council-house, |7 from | which 7 place 7 | 7 is | dated | 7 the | letter to his | wife, 7| | 7 and from | thence 7 | 7 to the | place of exe | cution. | | |7 On the | scaffold | 7 he had | some dis | course, 7| 7 as | well with Mr. | Annand, |7a| minister | 7 ap | pointed by | Government | 7 to at tend him, | as with Mr. | Chateris. ☐ ☐ ☐ He de | sired | both of them | 7 to | pray for him, | 7 and | prayed him | self 7 | 7 with | much 7 | fervour | 7 and de | votion. | | | 7 The | speech which he | made to the | people | 7 was such as | might be ex | pected | 7 from the | passages al | ready re | lated. | || 7 The same 7 | mixture of | firmness | 7 and | mildness | 7 is con | spicuous in | every | part of it. | | | 7 "We | ought not," | 7 said 7 | he 7 | 7 " to des | pise 7 | 7 our af | flictions, | nor to | faint 7 | under them. | | |7 We | should not | suffer ourselves |

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7 to be ex | asperated | 7 a | gainst the | instruments 7 of our | troubles, | nor by | fraudulent |7 or | pusil | lanimous compliance, | | bring 7| guilt 7 | upon our | selves; 7 | | faint 7 | hearts 7| 7 are | usually | false 7 | hearts, 7| | choosing | sin, 7| rather than | suffering." | | | 7 He | offers his | prayers | 7 for the | three 7 | kingdoms | 7 of | England, | Scotland | 7 and | Ireland, ☐ ☐ and that an | end 7| 7 may be | put 7 | 7 to their | present 7 | trials. | | | Having | then 7 | asked 7 | pardon | 7 for his own 7 | faults, 7| both of | God and | man, 7 | 7 he | would have con | cluded, | 7 but | beingre | minded | 7 that he had | said 7 | nothing | of the | royal | family, | 7 he | adds, 7| 7 that he re | fers, 7 | 7 in | this 7 | matter | 7 to | what he had | said at his | trial | 7 con | cerning the | test3 7| |7 that he | prayed 77 there | never might be | wanting | one 7 | of the | royal | family | 7 to sup | port the | Protestant re | ligion; | | 7 and if | any of them | 7 had | swerved from the | true 7 faith, 7| 7 he prayed 7 | God 7 | 7 to | turn their | hearts; 7| 7 but at | any rate | 7 to | save his | people | 7 from their | machi | nations. | | | When he had | ended, | 7 he | turned to the | south 7 | side of the | scaffold | 7 and said, 7 | | "Gentlemen, | 7 I pray you, | do not | miscon | struct | 7 my be | haviour | this 7 | day. 7| 71 | freely for | give 7 | all men | their 7 | wrongs and | injuries | done a | gainst | me, 7 as I de sire 7 | 7 to be for | given of | God." 7 | | |7 He then em | braced his | friends, 7| | gave some | tokens | 7 of his re | membrance | 7 to

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his | son-in-law, | Lord 7 | Maitland, | 7 for his | daughter and | grand-children, | | stript himself | 7 of part of his ap | parel, 7 of | which he likewise | made 7 | presents, | 7 and | laid his | head 7 | upon the block. 7| | | Having | uttered a | short 7 | prayer, | 7 he | gave the | signal | 7 to the | exe | cutioner, | which was | instantly o | beyed, 7 | 7 and his | head 7 | severed from his | body. |

Such were the | last 7 hours 7 | 7 and | such the | final | close 77 of this | great 7 | man's 7 | life. 7| | | May the | like 7 | happy se | renity, 7 in such | dreadful | circumstances, | 7 and a | death 7 | equally | glorious, | 7 be the | lot of | all, 7| 7 whom | tyranny | 7 of what | ever des | cription | 7 or de | nomi | nation, | 7 shall in | any | age, 7| 7 or in any | country, | | call to | expiate their | virtues | 7 on the | scaffold! | | |

A MOONLIGHT SCENE.

POPE'S HOMER. ILIAD VIII. v. 673.

7 THE | leader | spoke. 7| |7 From | all his | host a | round 7 |

Shouts of ap | plause 7 | 7 a | long the | shores re | sound. 7| | |

Each from the | yoke 7| 7 the | smoking | steeds un | ty'd, 7|

7 And fix'd their | headstalls | 7 to his | chariot | side. 7| | |