itinerant pedlar, and exercifed his talents fo much to their advantage and fatisfaction, that they elected him their king, and had no cause to repent of their choice. It was under his aufpices that they thook off the yoke of the Avares, by whom they had been subjected. He performed great exploits in the field; and at the fame time managed the domeftic adminiftration with furprising fagacity. Some French merchants having been plundered and murdered in the country of the Sclavonians; Dagobert sent an envoy to Samon, to demand fatisfaction, which the Sclavonian prince would have willingly given, had not he been afraid of difobliging his people, by. delivering up the assassins, who had powerful connexions. Befides, the French envoy behaved with intolerable infolence, and did not fcruple to call the whole Sclavonian nation a race of infidel dogs, even in their king's prefence. Samon, incenfed at this outrage, told him, that fince they were dogs, they could bite, and the French fhould foon feel the sharpness of their teeth. Dagobert refolved to anticipate his operations. He invaded Sclavonia with a numerous army, and finding Samon advantageously fituated, attacked his camp with great fury; but being repulfed in three fucceffive affaults, retired in great diforder, leaving his tents and baggage to the enemy, who made irruptions as far as Thuringia, and ravaged the country with fire and fword. The Saxons undertook to quell these invaders, provided Dagobert would remit the tribute of black cattle, which they payed to France; and their propofal was accepted. They aceordingly affembled their forces, and gave battle to the Sclavonians, by whom they were defeated. But the victors being routed in their turn, made advances to accommodation, and peace was re-established. Dagobert, imagining the Auftrafians would have more regard to the defence of their frontiers, if they enjoyed a king and court of their own, declared his infant fon Sigebert fovereign of that kingdom, fixed his refidence, and established his family at

Metz; and placed him under the direction of Cunebert, bishop of Cologne, and Adalgife, whom he created duke of the Auftrafian palace. The queen Nautilda being delivered of a fon called Clovis, the bishops and lords of Neuftria and Burgundy, defired that this infant should be appointed their king for the time being, and declared fucceffor to the whole French empire, Auftrafia excepted. They were gratified in these particulars, tho' not without great oppofition on the part of the Auftrafians.

[An. 634.] About this period, the Gafcons having ravaged the country of Novempopulania, were encountered by the French forces, who drove them back with great flaughter to the Pyrenean mountains, Then they fent deputies to Paris to implore the clemency of Dagobert, who granted their request; because they had taken fanctuary in the church of St. Denis, for whom the king had a great veneration. The inhabitants of Bretagne made an irruption into France, and Dagobert determined to chaftife them with the army which he had raised to reduce the Gafcons: but, before he proceeded to hoftilities, he fent St. Eligius, afterwards bishop of Noyon, as an ambassador to the court of Judicael, count of Bretagne, to demand fatisfaction. This prince was perfuaded to go in perfon to Paris, and make his fubmission to the king, who received him gracioufly, and all difputes were compromised.

[An. 638.] In a little time after this accommodation, Dagobert died of a dyfentery at his pleasure houfe of Epinay, in the neighbourhood of Paris, in the thirtyfixth year of his age, and was buried in the abbey of St. Denis, to which he had been a great benefactor. He had employed perfons properly qualified, to collate and correct the laws of the feveral nations that were fubject to the French government; and by manifold works of charity, attoned in fome measure for his lewdness and profligacy.

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KING Henry VIII. having divorced

queen Catherine, and married Anne' Boleyn, or Boloine, who was defcended from Godfrey Boloine, mayor of the city of London, and intending het coronation, fent to order the lord mayor, not only to make all the preparations neceffary for conducting his royal confort from Greenwich, by water, to the Tower of London, but to adorn the city after the moft magnificent manner for her paffage through it to Westminster.

In obedience to the royal precept, the mayor and common-council not only ordered the company of haberdashers, of which the lord mayor was a member, to prepare a magnificent ftate-barge, but enjoined all the city corporations to provide themselves with barges, and to adorn them in the most fuperb manner, and especially to have them fupplied with good bands of mufic.

On the 29th of May, the time prefixed for this pompous proceffion by water, the mayor, aldermen, and commons affembled at St. Mary Hill; the mayor and aldermen in fcarlet, with gold-chains, and thofe who were knights, with the collars of SS. At one they went on board the city barge at Billingfgate, which was most magnificently decorated, and attended by fifty noble barges, belonging to the feveral companies of the city, with each its own corporation on board; and, for the better regulation of this proceffion, it was ordered, that each barge fhould keep twice their lengths af under.

Thus regulated, the city-barge was preceded by another mounted with ordnance, and the figures of dragons and other monfters ceffantly emitting fire and smoke, with much noife. Then the city-barge, attended on the right by the haberdashers ftate-barge, called the Bachelors, which was covered with gold brocade, and adorned with fails of filk, with two rich ftandards of the king's and queen's arms at her head and ftern, befides a variety of flags and streamers, containing the arms of that company, and thofe of the merchant adventurers; befides which the fhrouds and ratlines were hung with a number of August, 1761,

fmall bells on the left was a barge that contained a very beautiful mount, on which ftood a white falcon crowned, perching upon a golden ftump enriched with rofes, being the queen's emblem; and round the mount fat feveral beautiful virgins, finging and playing upon inftru

ments.

The other barges followed in regular order, till they came below Greenwich. On their return the proceffion began with that barge which was before the laft, in which were the mayor's and fheriff's officers, and this was followed by thofe of the inferior companies, afcending to the lord mayor's, which immediately preceded that of the queen, who was attended by the bachelors or state-barge, with the magnificence of which her majefty was much delighted; and being arrived at the Tower, the returned the lord mayor and aldermen thanks for the pomp with which the had been conducted thither.

Two days after, the lord mayor, in a gown of crimfon velvet, and a rich collar of SS, attended by the fheriffs and two domeftics in red and white damask, went to receive the queen at the Tower of London, whence the theriffs returned to fee that every thing was in crder. The ftreets were just before new gravelled from the Tower to Temple-bar, and railed in on each fide, to the intent that the horfes fhould not lide on the pavement, nor the people be hurt by the horses; within the rails, near Grace-church, flood a body of Anfeatic merchants, and next to them the feveral corporations of the city in their formalities, reaching to the aldermen's ftation at the upper end of Cheapfide. On the oppofite fide were placed the city-conftables, dreffed in filk and velvet, with ftaffs in their hands, to prevent the breaking in of the mob, or any other disturbance. On this occafion, Gracechurch-freet and Cornhill were hung with crimson and fearlet cloth, and the fides of the houfes of a place, then called Coldfmith's Row, in Cheapade, were adorned with gold brocades, velvet, and rich tapeftry.

The proceffion began from the Tower Fff with

with twelve of the French ambaffador's domeftics in blue velvet, the trappings of their horfes being blue farfnet, interfperfed with white croffes; after whom marched those of the equestrian order, two and two, followed by the judges in their robes, two and two; then came the knights of the Bath in violet gowns, purfled with menever. Next came the abbots, barons, bishops, earls, and marquifes, in their robes, two and two. Then the lord chancellor, followed by the Venetian ambassador and the archbishop of York. Next the French ambaffador and the archbishop of Canterbury, followed by two gentlemen reprefenting the dukes of Normandy and Aquitain; after whom rode the lord mayor of London, with his mace, and garter in his coat of arms; then the duke of Suffolk, lord-high-steward, followed by the deputymarshal of England, and all the other officers of state in their robes, carrying the fymbols of their feveral offices: then the others of the nobility in crimson velyet, and all the queen's officers in fcarlet, followed by her chancellor uncovered, who immediately preceded his miftrefs.

The queen was dreffed in filver brocade, with a mantle of the fame furred with ermine; her hair was difhevelled, and she wore a chaplet upon her head, fet with jewels of inestimable value. She fat in a

litter covered with filver tiffue, and carried by two beautiful pads, clothed in white damask, and led by her footmen. Over the litter was carried a canopy of cloth of gold, with a filver bell at each corner, fupported by fixteen knights alternately, by four at a time.

After her majefty came her chamberlain, followed by her master of horfe, leading a beautiful pad, with a fide-faddle and trappings of filver tissue.

Next, came

feven ladies in crimfon-velvet, faced with gold brocade, mounted on beautiful horfes with gold trappings. Then followed two chariots covered with cloth of gold, in the first of which were the dutchefs of Norfolk, and the marchionefs of Dorfet, and in the fecond four ladies in crimfon velvet; then followed feven ladies dreffed in the fame manner, on horseback, with magnificent trappings, followed by another chariot all in white, with fix ladies in crimson-velvet; this was followed by another all in red, with eight ladies in the fame drefs with the former; next came

thirty gentlewomen, attendants to the ladies of honour; they were on horseback, dressed in filks and velvet; and the cavalcade was clofed by the horse-guards.

This pompous proceffion being arrived in Fen-church-street, the queen stopped at a beautiful pageant, crowded with children in mercantile habits; who congratu lated her majesty upon the joyful occafion of her happy arrival in the city.

Thence the proceeded to Grace-church corner, where was erected a very magnificent pageant at the expence of the company of Anfeatic merchants, in which was reprefented Mount Parnaffus, with the fountain of Helicon, of white marble, out of which arofe four fprings about four feet high, centering at the top in a small globe, from whence iffued plenty of Rhenish wine till night. On the Mount fat Apollo, at his feet was Calliope, and beneath were the rest of the mufes, furrounding the Mount, and playing upon a variety of musical inftruments, at whofe feet were infcribed several epigrams, fuited to the occafion, in letters of gold.

Her majefty then proceeded to Leadenhall, where ftood a pageant, reprefenting a hill, encompaffed with red and white rofes; and above it was a golden tump, upon which a white falcon, defending from above, perched, and was quickly followed by an angel, who put a crown of gold upon his head. A little lower on the hillock fat St. Anne, furrounded by her progeny, one of whom made an oration, in which was a wifh that her majefty might prove extremely prolific.

The proceffion then advanced to the Conduit in Cornhill; where the Graces fat enthroned, with a fountain before them, inceffantly discharging wine; and underneath, a poet, who defcribed the qualities peculiar to each of thefe amiable deities, and prefented the queen with their feveral gifts.

The cavalcade thence proceeded to a great conduit that flood oppofite to Mercers-hall, in Cheapfide, and, upon that occafion, was painted with a variety of emblems, and during the folemnity, and remaining part of the day, ran with different forts of wine, for the entertainment of the populace.

At the end of Wood-ftreet, the ftandard there was finely embellished with

royal

royal portraitures and a number of flags, on which were painted coats of arms and trophies, and above was a concert of vocal and inftrumental mufic.

At the upper end of Cheapfide was the aldermen's ftation, where the recorder addreffed the queen in a very elegant oration, and, in the name of the citizens, prefented her with a thoufand marks, in a purfe of gold tiffue, which her majefty very gracefully received.

At a fmall diftance, by Cheapfide Conduit, was a pageant, in which were feated Minerva, Juno, and Venus; before whom stood the god Mercury, who, in their names, prefented the queen with a golden apple.

At St. Paul's gate was a fine pageant, in which fat three ladies richly dreffed, with each a chaplet on her head, and a tablet in her hand, containing Latin infcriptions.

At the east end of St. Paul's cathedral, the queen was entertained by fome of the fcholars belonging to St. Paul's fchool, with verfes in praife of the king and her majesty, with which the feemed highly delighted.

Thence proceeding to Ludgate, which was finely decorated, her majesty was entertained with feveral fongs adapted to the occafion, fung in concert, by men and boys upon the leads over the gate.

At the end of Shoe-Lane, in Fleetftreet, a handfome tower, with four turrets, was erected upon the conduit, in each of which stood one of the cardinal virtues, with feveral fymbols; who addreffing themselves to the queen, promised they would never leave her, but be always her conftant attendants. Within the Tower was an excellent concert of mufic, and the conduit all the while ran with various forts of wine.

At Temple-Bar fhe was again entertained with fongs, fung in concert by a choir of men and boys; and having from thence proceeded to Westminster, she returned the lord-mayor thanks for his good offices, and those of the citizens that day. The day after the lord-mayor, aldermen, and fheriffs, affifted at the coronation, which was performed with great fplendor.

THE king went early in the morning

to the Tower of London in his coach, moft of the lords being there before. And about ten of the clock they fet forward towards Whitehall, ranged in that order as the heralds had appointed; thofe of the long robe, the king's council at law, the masters of the chancery and judges going first, and fo the lords in their order, very fplendidly habited, on rich footcloths; the number of their footmen being limited, to the dukes ten, to the lords eight, to the viscounts fix, and the barons four, all richly clad, as their other fervants were. The whole fhow was the most glorious in the order and expence that had been ever feen in England; they who rode first, being in Fleet-freet, when the king iffued out of the Tower, as was known by the discharge of the ordnance: and it was near three of the clock in the afternoon, when the king alighted at Whitehall. The next morning the king rode in the fame ftate in his robes, and

with his crown on his head, and all the

lords in their robes to Westminster-hall, where all the enfigns for the coronation were delivered to those who were appointed to carry them, the earl of Northumberland being made high constable, and the earl of Suffolk earl marthal for the day. And then all the lords in their order, and the king himself walked on foot upon blue cloth, from Weftminster-hall to the Abbey-church, where, after a fermon preached by Dr. Morley, (then bishop of Worcester) in Henry VIIth's chapel; the king was fworn, crowned, and anointed, by Dr. Juxton, archbishop of Canterbury, with all the folemnity that in thofe cafes had been used. All which being done, the king returned in the fame manner on foot to Westminster-hall, which was adorned with rich hangings and statues, and there the king dined; and the lords on either fide had tables provided for them; and all other ceremonies were performed with great order and magnificence. Fffz

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Am now (faid that great man) going for Scotland, and believe I fhall never fee you again, as I find my conftitution on the decline, and am come to give you my last advice concerning the intereft of my country. I thall tell you freely what I think you should do, and if you act a contrary part, you have it to answer for to your country.

"You have now got poffeffion of Cape Breton; never give it up: it will enable you, by good managment, to drive the French out of North-America, make you mafters of the fur-trade, and of the fitheries there, by which the nation will be able to accumulate great wealth, and increase the export of your manufactories to that part of the world to an immense extent; and by the fisheries, befides adding fome millions a year to the national wealth, your nurfery of failors will be increafed by an addition of 15 or 20,000; but, which by far is the most interefting confideration to this country, you thereby for ever deprive France of their nursery of failors, by which they never can fit out any fleet that can make them a dangerous neighbour; and they are the only people that can hurt us.--

"As to the Sugar islands, it is no doubt greatly our intereft to difpoffefs them of what they have amongst the Leeward inlands, because that would not only make us mafters of the fugar trade, but likewife put our own iflands there in perfect fafety, in cafe of a war; whereas, at prefent, our fugar trade there is greatly hurt by a neft of privateers: but by our being masters at fea, we always muft have it in our power to poffefs ourfelves of these islands when we pleafe.

"Now I come to tell you, Sir, what I fear you will do, viz. you will give up Cape Breton, and patch up fome unfafe peace; and that reflefs nation, which never lofes fight of univerfal monarchy, will repair their navy, which you have now reduced very low, and they will take the first favourable opportunity of going to war again; and God knows what the event may be.----By long experience, I know well that ambitious nation, and the hatred they bear to Great Britain, as the

only nation which ftands in the way of their being mafters of Europe."

Has not experience convinced us of the juftice of that great man's way of thinking; and is it not furprising, that any man who calls himself a Briton, should dare to write in favour of leaving the French in poffeffion of an inch in NorthAmerica ?-A nation which has lately endeavoured to difpoffefs us of our valuable poffeffions there, on which our very being as an independent nation depends has put us to the expence of more than thirty millions in defending them; has encouraged the favages, who were their fubjects there, to cut the throats of our fellow-subjects in cold blood, &c. &c. It is into the hands of thefe very people, our Frenchified fcriblers want we should again put fcalping knives, to murder our brethren; and by giving them up part of North-America, and the fiberty to filh there, put it again in their power to repair their marine, and be our rivals on the fea; and are not ashamed to fay, that a fugar ifland is of more confequence to this nation than a continent and a fishery, which has been demonstrated by many papers wrote on that fubject, brings into us fome millions a year, and confumes more of our manufactories than all the fugar islands together; and where the confumpt must double every twelve or thirteen years, in proportion as the inhabitants increase, by which, as this year the export is more than two millions, in thirty-feven or thirty-eight years hence it must be fixteen millions, whereas the confumpt in a fugar ifland is not capable of any such increase.

Befides, by excluding France from North-America, we make all cur fettlements there fecure; whereas by their neighbourhood to them, our people there are kept in continual uneafinefs, as their conftant study is to excite the natives to cut their throats---and at this moment, by means of their fettlements of Maffilippi, they are acting the fame part they did in Canada. To conclude; a man who prefers Gaudaloupe to North-America, acts much the fame part as one who thouid maintain that the Ife of Wight is more

valuable