c h A P. i “ In 1599, at the taking of Bommel, the Scots fufFered
XXX;. u 1 mo£ eon fiderably^ §f
“ In 1600 two field officers, eight captains, with above
“ fix hundred private men, were left dead on the field,
“ after the famous. Battle^ \ofr} tbe Downs, near Mieuport,
“ where both they and the Englifh behaved vvith the
“ .gfeateft ^gallantaiyd andlto t h e : ' -öf>t hefe Rïfited
"“ bands was attributed the fuccefs o f the day? r r
“ In i 6oi, at the fiegè ’of] Ojlentk^ which lafted three
“ years, and at which, ’was levelled, the; Whole power o f
“ Spain» nothing could equal the ;valOnr and courage
“ both o f the Scotch and English, the firftcommanded
“ by Generals Balfour and St. Clair, the latter bydlords
“ Willoughbyinadi. Ff^^whu^ after a jgieat .flaUghter^of
“ the Spaniards ..(including .-.all their heft. Officers)- forced
“ the aflailants to raife the fiege, arnd retreahAvithgreat
“ fhame and confufioh.r .
ffi Düiingrhe government o f the three cfirft: Brmep lof
^QrzngèiWilliantïMauriceiandïFr^&tieMflep&iAeSpMch
“ behaved withib much bravery, honour and. reputation,
“ that by the laft prince (befides many > other marks o f
“ diftinótion which he conferred on them) they were
“ called .the* bulwarks>&fitbérepubliek. art
r “ The necefiary limits o f this chapter compel me to
“ omit many memorable, fervices which jvere rendered
“ by this diftinguifhed body o f men to the provinces of
“ Holland; but I cannot overlook the laft fiege o f Bergen-
“ op-Zoom by the French, in 1747 > where, while others
“ ftiame-
“ fhamefully ran faway^thne'regiment o f Scots in: the c h a p .
■ te . haying^nvice repulfed the enemy, x x x -
aJone- theyyferg nearly, cut. to pieces, leaving
an>(i- aboyqjiye, hundred privates on 'the
i4 fi eld. Suqh. 4%the, hiftory ,9/ ;thel,ate Scotch brigade.
i% the^Dutda, ftryicc ;^an^f^uch, were the, outlines-of its
m i l i t a r y g a e , day M its^Sfibluti-on, in 1783.
I m u |: nown drguv this ’ narrative to. a-^eonclufion, by
•once:more menfipaapg the name,«bf Joanna, and ac-I
quaint dpe- reader,»,: that, alas ! -----— Jo&N«k: m no §
M,OR;E,! if —
In the month o f Auguft 1783,^1 received thew melancholy
tidings* from Mr.^Gourlay' (which pierced me to!
the foul) that on the .fatal • o f Novsttibor this, Virtuous
. youhg woman departed :this, life, aS 'fame- fuf- J
pelted,, by poifon *, adminiftered b y the hand, o f jea-
Joufy and eirv^y, on account cpflier profperitff‘4nd the
marks ©J' diftindtion which her'fupedor merit ’had fo
juftly attracted from theyefpeaable part o f the colony.
But fhe is no more! — Reader i — the Virtuous Joanna,
who fo often faved my life, is 110 more,! 1!—Her adopted
mother, MrsyGodefroy, whobe^wed her. beauteous body
with tears, ordered it to, be interred with-every mark of
refpea, underth^ grove of orange-trees^wbere.fhe had
lived, Her Joyel-y boy; yras fent to me, with a bill o f near
two hundred pounds, his private prppertyjyby inheritance
from bis mothef.-7^0011 after which -expired both
his very faithfuhguardians.
* Her emancipated brother Henry underwent’-the fame melancholy fete.
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