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 4o8 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1758.

Chorus of all.

Now in peace our hero lies, Ceaf'd his toil, his race is run ; Freedom is the glorious prize Agis for his people won,

Jn Epitaph upon Johnny Armstrong.

HERE lies the mortal part of poor Johncy Armftrong, Who from his fetting out in life Gave an early promife of what he afterwards performed. He enter'd upon the fervice of the field With inert diMe intrepidity. And run for a few years Almpft an uninterrupted courfe of viclories. He got the ftart cf every thing that oppos'd him. Was more expeditious than Cselar, And was never known to infult thofe he had conquer'd ; Or detraft from thofe, who were fuperior to himfelf. His fmper was always equal. Never too much elated with fuccefs. Or dejpfled in dillrefs : His numerous conquells teflify the former. And the fcarcity of his defeats is fulncient to certify the latter. He Aanted no other fpur. Than hii own ambition and thirft of glory : If they at any time hurried him on too ralhly, He could patiently hoar the curb of him. Who was fet over him. To fum up his public charnfler in a few words :

if any body ever was. He certainly was cut out by Nature for the field. In which fervice he perfevered to his dying day, A credit to his mailer, and an honour to his country.

Reader, however you may admire his public charafter, his private life will much more charm you. All his good qualities were entirely the gift of Nature ; and like a true Hcuyhnhmn, he never fpoke the thing which was not. Want of humanity was never objefted to him by fuch as properly confidered the rank cf life he filled. He was moderate; neither cpftly nor mean in his diet ; fober even to abftinence, for he was never known to drink a glafs of wine in his life ; or eat of more than one, or two things at moft at a meal ; fo virtuous that he never knew woman. He was rather tall in his perfon, of excellent parts, well proportioned, and of a beautiful complexion. If he had any religion, it was the religion of nature ; but the whole tenor of his life (hew- he was no atheilL And if he did not live in the obfervance ot all the commandments, it is but juftice to his alhes to fay, he never broke one of ihem to his dying day. Windfor, Tranjlution