since, as that of the purest of patriots and most respectable of men. His sons, Williamt and Réné, with a view of avenging their father's death, formed a conspiracy against the stadtholder", which was discovered: William fled; but Réné was taken, and condemned to death. This fatal event has immortalized the memory of his mother, who, after his condemnation, threw herself at the feet of Maurice, and begged the life of her son. The prince expressed his surprise that she would do that for her son, which she had refused to dob for her husband; but she replied, with a noble indignation, "I would not ask pardon ford my husband, because he was innocent; I ask it for my son, because he is guilty." Réné was beheadede. r honorée depuis ce temps là; comme celle ;-t Guillaume ;dans le dessein ;-u stadthouder; s'enfuit;- le supplia de lui accorder la vie de son fils; de ce qu'elle faisait ;-a ce qu'elle; de faire; Je n'ai pas voulu ;-d demander le pardon de ;-e décapité. THE LASTING ADVANTAGESÊ OF STUDY, AND DE SCRIPTION OF A VENERABLE OLD MAN, The betters to bear the irksomeness of captivity and solitude, I sought forh books; for I was overwhelmed with sorrow, for want of some instruction to cherish and support my mind. Happy they who despise violent pleasures, and know how to be contented with the sweets of an innocent life! Happy they to whom" instruction is an amusement, and who delight in storing° their minds with knowledger! Wherever they are thrown by adverse AVANTAGES PERMANENS; Pour mieux;- cherchai des ; accablé de ;-k faute ; qui pût nourrir; et qui savent se contenter de ;-n pour qui ; qui se plaisent à orner ;-p de science;- En quelqu' endroit ; fortune, they always carry their entertainmentTM with them; and the weariness which preys upon3 other men, even in the midst of their pleasures, is unknown to those who can employ themselves int reading. Happy they who love to read; and are not, like me, deprived of reading!-Whilst these thoughts were revolving in my mind, I went into a gloomy forest, where I suddenly perceived an old man, who held a book in his hand. His forehead was large, bald, and a little wrinkled; a white beard hung down to his girdle; his stature2 was tall and majestic, his complexiona still fresh and ruddy, his eyes lively and piercing, his voice was sweet, and his words plain and engaging. I never beheld so venerable an old man. His name was Termosiris; he was a* priest of Apollo, whom he worshiped in a marble temple, which the kings of Egypt had dedicated to that deitys in the foresth. The book he held was a collection of hymns in honour of the gods. accosted me in a friendly manner, and we discoursed He together. He related things past with such perspicuity", that they seemed present, and with such a brevity that his accounts were never tedious. He foresaw the future by his profound knowledge, which gave him an insight into men, and the designs of which they were capable. With so much wisdom, he was cheerful and complaisant; and the sprightliests youth is not so graceful as he was at so C -met r de quoi s'entretenir; dévore ;-t savent s'occuper de la ;— 0 histoires; advanced an age; he was also fond of young men“ when they were tractable and had a taste for* virtue.-FENELON. ▾ aussi aimait-il les ;-u gens ;-x le goût de la. BATTLE OF ST. JAQUES; OR, THE HELVETIAN THERMOPYLEY. They were not igno A CIVIL war desolated Switzerland in the year 1444, when the tie which held the Helvetic Confederacy together*, seemed ready to be brokena. Zurich saw under her walls the troops of seven cantons. At this periode a hostile army of foreigners from all countries, commanded by Louis the Dauphin of France, appeared on the frontiers, and besieged Basil. Thus threatened, the Confederates suspended their civil broils, and detached 1200 men, who received an order to drive back the enemy, and enter Basile. rant of the dangers to which they were about to bes exposed; but they marched with the same alacrity as if they were going toi victory. cannot break their ranks," said they, give our souls to God, and our bodies to the enemy" At break of day', near them village of Prattelen, they met the Count of Donmartin with 8000 horse. Neither the courage of that chief, nor the valour of his officers, could prevent his troops from abandoning the field of battle; they retreated, in disorder, upon another corps of ten thousand men. A new battle began; the courage of 66 "If we we will THERMOPYLES HELVETIQUES ;— et le lien de la;-a de se rompre; remparts;- époque ;-d querelles intestines ;-e et d'entrer dans Basle;- Ils n'ignoraient point; ils allaient être; allégresse ; que s'ils allaient la; ennemis ;Au point du jour près du ;—n ne purent empêcher ; Lo se retirèrent ;-P combat; m the Swiss seemed to increase with the danger: without waiting for the order of their chiefs, without taking a moment of rest, they attacked the enemy; who, disconcerted by this intrepidity, were brokens wherever theyt resisted; they crossed the Birs, and only fancied themselves out of danger when they arrived" in their camp, and were* under the eye of the Dauphin.-Here would the soldier halt who battles for a tyrant; but the Swiss, who fights for his country, his homea, and his laws, thinks that the justice of his cause ensures the eventb. The chiefs of these warriors endeavoured to stop them on the banks of the river; but they listened to neither order nor advice, and without fearing forty thousand men who awaited their coming on the opposite side, they compelled their officers to place themselves at their head, and advanced towards the bridge of St. Jaques, which* was defended by a battery", and eight thousand men. Neither this corps, although continually reinforced by fresh troops, nor the artillery which thundered upon them, and to which they could oppose only1 their bodies and their lances, compelled them to flight, for they knew not how to fly, or even how to retreat, except to seek for° a road more easy of* access*, to reach the enemy. q s'accroître ;-r sans attendre les ;- rompus ;-t par tout où ils; ils repassèrent la Birs;-u et ne se crurent en sûreté qu'en arrivant; les yeux ;-y qui se bat; qui combat ;a ses foyers;-b est le garant de l'évènement; cherchèrent à;-d sur les bords ;-e qui les attandaient au;-f de se mettre; get marchèrent;-h batterie de canons; toujours ;-k par de fraîches; ils n'avaient à opposer que;m ne purent les faire fuir; car ils ne connaissaient ni la fuite, ni la retraite ; - si ce n'est pour chercher ;-P pour atteindre. Continuation. THEY quitted the bridge, and threw themselves into the Birs, forded it, and covered with wounds, weakened by hunger and fatigue, and drenched with water, reached the opposite shore, which soon became the scene of their exploits.. The Dauphin, accustomed to conquer, could hardly credit" what he saw; he caused them to be attacked on all sides, and charged them himself at the head of a column, and, after having seen some of his bravest officers fall by his side, he succeeded in2 dividing the Swiss into two bodies. Five hundred of these heroes carried alla before them, and threw themselves into the hospital of St. Jaques: the rest found themselves inclosed in a little island of the Birs, where the enemyd pierced them from afar with their arrows, and crushed them with stones thrown from the bridge. The artillery was turned against them; still they dearly soldf their lives; some drews the arrows from their wounds*, still reeking with their gorei, and hurled them back to the enemy: others', seizing their battle-axes, contended form the bodies of their slaughtered" brethren, took them upon their shoulders, and carried them in triumph into the* interior* of the island; as though they would not separate, dead or alive. The only man who escaped the carnage was Kilchmatter, their chief; who was founds, two X a la passèrent; couverts de; trempés de ;-t ils atteignirent; le théâtre ;-u pouvait à peine croire ;- il les fit attaquery tomber à ses côtés ;- réussit à;-a renversèrent tout;-b se trouva ;- renfermé ;-d les ennemis ;-e de loin de; cependant, ils ne cessaient de vendre chèrement ;- les uns arrachaient; fumantes de; leur sang ;- les renvoyaint; d'autres ;- m disputaient; immolés; les chargèrent; → comme si ; ils ne voulaient jamais se quitter ;-r échappa au; on le trouva ; |