they may henceforth and to all eternity be the props of c h a p ,
•each other., I might have, included Aha, but this pomit- , X^X‘
ted, as having no cpnneótion with the prCfent narrative :
we only differ in colour, but. arè -certainly, all created by
the fame Hand. Thus, i f it has not pleafed fortune to
make u s e q u a lia rank and authority, iet us.at leaft ufe
the fuperiority we poflefs with, moderation, and not
‘Only proffer that happinefs, which we have: to beftoW.on.
but equals, but 'let uS extend it with chearfulnefs- to the
lowed: of our deferving dependants.
On the 25th o f Auguft I , rep£red; to the palace of Lo&t
'in Guelderlahd, where, by the Colonel of the regiment, I
was introdqced to hisv Serene Higlmefi th * SWdtè&fcr^
who not only was pleafed tq give m e a gracious reception,
remarking, that by my looks ! muff have fufferecf
much, but foon after promoted me to the rank ol'M ujot
in the. f$me Scottish regiment*
' As I-had how thepleafure alfp to fee a few others of my
fellow fufferers recompenfed after their hardfhips, I had
reafon to think the le’fe h f ourTormër troubles y thus* iau
Read of indulging in cenfure, I found a more- folid confection*
in the triumph o f tru th s which Was brought to
light without my farther interference.
" Magna eft veritas & prevalebit,” .
' On die 24th o'f September ! wentto the Hague, wherè
I prefented h!sJ Sererté Highnéfs- With* tigWéëW j^gurês ift
wakj made by myfelf, for his mufeum, which were moft
3 ‘E 2 gracioufly
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