George Digby, that a reciprocal kindness remained till their deaths During the troubles of King Charles, he was made a captain of a troop of horse, and afterward a colonel of horse. He was engaged in both the fights at Newbury: in the first he had one of his horses slain, and in the second narrowly escaped; his buff coat being shot through, near his belly; but the bullet, being deadened, lay between his doublet and shirt, unknown to him till he pulled off his clothes. He was afterward sent as the king's agent into Portugal, and was very much attached to his sovereign, by whom he was constantly employed. After travelling abroad he retired to his house at Hoddesdon, where he died, but was buried at Broxborne.

A SCOTCH GENERAL.

"General THOMAS DALYELL (DALZIEL), who served Charles the Second at the battle of Worcester, and thereafter being taken prisoner by the rebels, after long imprisonment made his escape out of the Tower of London, went to Muscovy, where he served the Emperor of Russia as one of the generals of his forces against the Polanders and Tartars, till the year 1665, when he was recalled by King Charles the Second; and thereafter did command his majesty's forces at the defeat of the rebels at Pentland Hills, in Scotland; and continued lieutenant-general in Scotland, when his majesty had any standing forces in that kingdom, till the year of his death, 1685, &c." D. Patton delin. P. Vandrebanc sc. h.sh.

THOMAS DALZIEL, in armour. Charles's "Preservation."

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Thomas Dalziel, an excellent soldier, but a singular man, was taken prisoner, fighting for Charles II. at the battle of Worcester.

See the memoirs referred to at the end of this article.

After his return from Muscovy, he had the command of the king's forces in Scotland; but refused to serve in that kingdom under the Duke of Monmouth, by whom he was superseded only for a fortnight. After the battle of Bothwell-bridge, he, with the frankness which was natural to him, openly reproved the duke for his misconduct upon that occasion. As he never shaved his beard since the murder of Charles I. it grew so long, that it reached almost to his girdle. Though his head was bald, he never wore a peruke; but covered it with a beaver hat, the brim of which was about three inches broad. He never wore boots, nor above one coat, which had straight sleeves, and sat close to his body. He constantly went to London once a year to kiss the king's hand. His grotesque figure attracted the notice of the populace, and he was followed by a rabble, with huzzas, wherever he went. See a characteristic account of him in the "Memoirs of Capt. John Creichton," in the 13th vol. of Swift's "Works."*

OFFICERS OF THE NAVY.

JAMES, duke of York, lord high-admiral, gained the highest reputation by his courage on board the fleet, in the first Dutch war. He understood naval affairs; and his conduct with respect to the navy, after he ascended the throne, ought to be remembered to his honour. He, in this reign, invented the signals used at sea. See Class I.t

The following anecdote in Sir John Dalrymple's Memoirs ‡ is also characteristic of his spirit:

"James (the Second) gained numbers of the Scotch by familiarity. He had long disgusted them by his distance: the change in his manners was owing to an accident. When the Dutchess of York came first to Scotland, she one day observed three covers upon the dining-table. She asked the duke for whom the third was intended? He answered, for General Dalziel, whom he had asked to dine with him. The dutchess refused to permit a private gentleman to sit at table with her. Dalziel, who had been in the imperial service, entered the room in the mean time; and, hearing the scruples of the dutchess, told her, he had dined at a table where her father had stood at his back; alluding to the Duke of Modena's being a vassal of the emperor. The dutchess felt the reproof, and advised her husband not to offend the pride of proud men."

+ Charles II. never attended to any business, but that of the navy, which he perfectly understood. It is well known that the naval history of that prince is the most shining part of the annals of his reign.

Vol. i. p. 136, 2d edit. notes.

Prince RUPERT, who was brave to temerity, commanded the fleet in conjunction with the Duke of Albemarle, in 1666. His courage in this war is mentioned with high encomiums by our poets* and historians: but all these he richly deserved. It was indeed so great, that it could scarce be exaggerated. In the last Dutch war, he seemed to retain all the activity and fire of his youth, and beat the enemy in several engagements. He was succeeded in his command of vice-admiral, by the Duke of Grafton, in 1682. See Class I. and X.

GEORGE MONK, duke of Albemarle, who had acquired a great reputation as a sea-officer, before the restoration, signalized his courage, in an astonishing manner, in the memorable engagement with the Dutch, which began the 1st of June, 1666, and continued four days. He was very near being overpowered by numbers, when he was joined, on the third day, by Prince Rupert, who ravished the victory from the enemy's hands. The last display of his courage, which was equal at least to any other act of his life, was exposing himself to the cannon shot of the Dutch, when they burnt the English ships at Chatham. This effort of valour, which looked like rashness, was then absolutely necessary, to encourage others to do their duty. The love which the seamen had for him had as great influence on board the fleet as his personal bravery. They frequently called him, “Honest George Monck." See Class II.

EDWARD, earl of Sandwich, a man of clear, as well as fervid courage, commanded the fleet which brought over Charles the Second. One of the greatest battles ever fought with the Dutch, or any other enemy, was on the 3d of June, 1665; when this gallant officer bore with his squadron into the centre of the Dutch fleet, and presently threw it into that confusion which ended in victory. He was not only a man of merit in himself, but had also much of that kind of merit which endeared him to the sailors; who, after the death of the Duke of Albemarle, loved and revered him as their father and protector. See Class III.

SIR EDWARD SPRAGUE (SPRAGGE), kn'. aḍmiral of the blue squadron, 1672, &c.

See Dryden's "Annus Mirabilis," in his Miscellanies, iii. p. 19, 20.

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SIR EDWARD SPRAGGE. E. Harding.

This great and amiable man, who in 1672 succeeded the Earl of Sandwich in command, very nearly resembled that nobleman in courage, benevolence, and sweetness of temper; and was no less eminent for his abilities in the cabinet. He was captain of a man of war in the first engagement with the Dutch, on the 3d of June, 1665; when he so far distinguished himself by his gallant behaviour, that he was soon after knighted by the king, on board the Royal Charles. He attracted the particular notice of the Duke of Albemarle, in the four days battle in 1666; and in another battle, fought the 25th of July the same year, he contributed greatly to the In June, defeat of the enemy. He burnt a considerable number of the

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Dutch fire-ships when they came up the Thames, threw their fleet into confusion, and pursued it to the river's mouth. In 1671, he burnt in the Bay of Bugia, seven Algerine men of war, which had been selected on purpose to fight him. In the last Dutch war, he singled out Van Tromp, whom, as he told the king, he was determined to bring alive or dead, or perish in the attempt. After he had lost two ships in his engagement with the Dutch admiral, and was preparing to hoist his flag on board a third, a shot from the enemy sunk him, together with his boat. The generous Tromp did not only do justice to his valour, but even lamented his death. Ob. 11 Aug. 1673.

GEORGIO AISCUE, Cavalier Ammiraglio, &c. quarto; 1660.

SIR GEORGE AYSCUE, admiral; 1666. W. Rich- · ardson.

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It is scarce possible to give a higher character of the courage of this brave admiral, than to say that he was a match for Van Tromp or De Ruyter; both whom he engaged in the first Dutch war without being conquered. In 1648, when the fleet revolted to Prince Rupert, he declared for the parliament, and brought the Lion man of war, which he then commanded, into the river Thames. He was the next year appointed admiral of the Irish seas, and had a great hand in reducing the whole island to the obedience of the re-, public. In 1651, he forced Barbadoes, and several other British settlements in America, to submit to the commonwealth. In 1652, he attacked a Dutch fleet of forty sail, under the convoy of four - men of war of those he burnt some, took others, and drove the rest on shore. Lilly tells us, in his Almanack for 1653, that he, the year before, engaged sixty sail of Dutch men of war, with fourteen or fifteen ships only, and made them give way. He protested against Blake's retreat in that desperate action of the 29th of November, 1652, thinking it much more honourable to die by the shot of the enemy. This, and his great influence over the seamen, are supposed to have been the reasons for his being afterward dismissed from his command. He was a short time admiral in Sweden, under Charles Gustavus; but returned to England soon after the restoration. In 1666, he commanded on board the Royal Prince, the largest ship in the navy, and generally esteemed the finest in the world. He engaged the Dutch with his usual intrepidity and success, in that memorable battle which continued four days: but on the third day his ship ran on the Galloper sand, and he was compelled by his own seamen to strike. He was for some months detained a prisoner in Holland; and, during that time, was carried from one town to another, and exposed to the people by way of triumph. He never afterward went to sea.

WILLIAM PEN was, from a common man, advanced to the rank of an admiral by Cromwell, with whom he was a great favourite, before he failed in his attempt upon St. Domingo. After the Protector's death, he was restored to his command, and knighted by

Before the restoration.