in thofe vallies, whereof he made himself master the last year; and that the Duke of Berwick applied himself with all imaginable diligence to fecure the paffes of the mountains, by ordering intrenchments to be made towards Briançon, Tourneau, and the valley of Queiras. That general has also been at Marfeilles and Toulon, to haften the tranfportation of the corn and provifions defigned for his army.

Letters from Vienna, bearing date May the twenty-third, N. S. import, that the Cardinal of Saxe Zeits and the Prince of Lichtenstein were preparing to fet out for Prefburg, to affift at the diet of the States of Hungary, which is to be affembled at that place on the twenty fifth of this month. General Heifter will fhortly appear at the head of his army at Trentfchin, which place is appointed for the general rendezvous of the imperial forces in Hungary; from whence he will advance to lay fiege to Newhaufel. In the mean time reinforcements, with a great train of artillery, are marching the fame way. The king of Denmark arrived on the tenth instant at Infpruck, and on the twentyfifth at Dresden, under a triple discharge of the artillery of that place; but his majefty refused the ceremonics of a public entry.

Our letters from the Upper Rhine fay, that the imperial army began to form itself at Etlingen; where the refpective deputies of the Elector

Elector Palatine, the Prince of Baden Durlach, the bishopric of Spires, &c. were affembled, and had taken the neceffary measures for the provision of forage, the fecurity of the country against the incurfions of the enemy, and laying a bridge over the Rhine. Several veffels laden with corn are daily paffing before Frankfort for the Lower Rhine.

Letters from Poland inform us, that a detachment of Mufcovite cavalry, under the command of General Inftand, had joined the confederate army; and the infantry, commanded by General Goltz, was expected to come up within. few days. Thefe fuccours will amount to

twenty thousand men.

Our laft advices from the Hague, dated June the fourth, N. S. fay, that they expected a courier from the French court, with a ratification of the preliminaries, that night or the day following. His grace the Duke of Marlborough will fet out for Bruffels on Wednesday or Thurfday next, if the difpatches which are expected from Paris do not alter his refolutions. Letters: from Majorca confirm the honourable capitulation of the caftle of Alicant, and alfo the death of the governor, Major-general Richards, Colonel Sibourg, and Major Vignolles, who were all buried in the ruins of that place by the fpringing of the great mine, which did, it feems, more execution than was reported. VOL. I.

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Monfieur Torcy paffed through Mons in his return, and had there a long conference with the Elector of Bavaria; after which, the prince fpoke publicly of the treatment he had received from France, with the utmost indignation.

"Any person that fhall come publicly abroad "in a fantastical habit, contrary to the present "mode and fashion, except Don Diego Dif "mallo, or any other out of poverty, shall "have his name and dress inserted in our next."

"N. B. Mr. How'd'yecall is defired to leave "off thofe buttons."

*This is well known to have been a nick name given, in the rage of party, to a very refpectable nobleman, the Earl of NOTTINGHAM, who is mentioned under that name in the "Hiftory of John Bull," in the "Examiner," and in SWIFT's Works, vol. XIX. p. 168. and vol. XX. p. 22. and: "Examiner," vol. III. N° 44. But STEELE objects to this application of the character. See GUARD. N° 53. He feems, however, when he wrote the paffage referred to in the GUARDIAN, to have forgotten TAT. N° 31. of which, if he was not the author, he was. certainly the editor. BICKERSTAFF is directly charged by the " Examiner" as the first who introduced this nobleman in print under this name," and upon no less an "important affair, than the oddnefs of his buttons." "miner, vol. III. N° 48.

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N° 22.

Tuesday, May 31, 1709.

STEE LE.

Quicquid agunt homines

noftri eft farrago libelli.

Juv. Sat. i. 85, 86.

"Whate'er men do, or fay, or think, or dream, "Our motley paper feizes for it's theme."

White's Chocolate house, May 28.

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CAME hither this evening to fee fashions; and who fhould I first encounter but my old friend CYNTHIO* (encompaffed by a crowd of young fellows) dictating on the paffion of love with the gayeft air imaginable! "Well,"

fays he," as to what I know of the matter, "there is nothing but ogling with skill carries a "woman; but indeed it is not every fool that "is capable of this art; you will find twenty "can speak eloquently, fifty that can fight "manfully, and a thousand that can dress gen "teelly at a mistress, where there is one that "can gaze fkilfully. This requires an exqui

See TAT, N° 15. 22. 35. and note, and 85; and LOVER, N° 38.

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eyes to yours exactly, and not let yours talk "too faft for hers; as at a play between the "acts, when beau Frifk ftands upon a bench "full in Lindamira's face, and her dear eyes "are fearching round to avoid that flaring open fool; the meets the watchful glance of "her true lover, and fees his heart attentive on "her charms, and waiting for a second twinkle "of her eye for its next motion." Here the good company fneered; but he goes on. "Nor "is this attendance a flavery, when a man meets "with encouragement, and her eye comes often "in his way for, after an evening fo spent, "and the repetition of four or five fignificant looks at him, the happy man goes home to his lodging full of ten thousand pleafing images his brain is dilated, and gives him all the ideas and profpects which it ever lets "into its feat of pleasure. Thus a kind look from Lindamira revives in his imagination all "the beauteous lawns, green fields, woods, forefts, rivers, and folitudes, which he had ever "before feen in picture, defcription, or real

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life: and all with this addition, that he now "fees them with the eyes of a happy lover, as

before only with thofe of a common man. "You laugh, gentlemen, but confider your"felves (ye common people that were never "in love) and compare yourselves in good hu

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