down his foot on any corner of the earth without meeting with Chriftians and Saints. He asked the Saint what fort of confcience his master had, that he was for taking all to himself, and would leave him nothing, though he must be fenfible, it was much more the fear of him, than any love for his antagonist, that made fo many Chriftians, and defired the Saint might in troduce him to Chrift, fo that they might fettle their affairs in an amicable manner? Saint Chriftopher replied, he did not really know where to find Jefus Chrift at prefent, but faid he believed he was with his father and mother in the city of Heliopolis, in Egypt. The Devil faid he had not time to go fo far that night, but that he thought the little boy the Saint had there with him very much refembled Jefus Chrift, to the best of his remembrance, when he saw him once at a distance about feven hundred years before, going into the Temple at Jerufalem. The Saint affured him he was not Chrift, and the little boy himself declared, that fo far from it, he was only the fon of a poor Carpenter of Nazareth, who, with the fweat of his forehead, had much trouble to earn wherewith to buy a couple of pilchards and a bit of brown bread for himself and his mother to eat.

After this, St Chriftopher and the Devil had a long converfation upon the nature of the Trinity; and this laft concluded, it was upon the whole fuch an intricate contradictory piece of business, that he confeffed he could not comprehend it. Upon this the Saint very familiarly tells the Devil he must be a great blockhead, (hum pedaço d'Afno) a piece of an afs literally, for that nothing was more felf-evident and intelligent, adding, that he would make it fo even to him in an inftant. On this he took up with his left hand the skirt of his own gown or habit, and making a fold of a part of it with his right, faid, Here is one; then making another fold,

faid, Here are two; and making a third, asked him, if that was not three? and the other answering in the affirmative, the Saint dropped the three folds, and stretched out all that part of his garment in one piece between his hands, without any folds; and the Devil, after fuch a palpable demonftration, now acknowledged that he clearly understood the nature of the Trinity.

This matter being difcuffed, the little boy begged St Chriftopher to carry him on his fhoulder over a deep and rapid river running close by them, to which the Saint confented, though the Devil cautioned him how he meddled with that little boy, of whom he ftill had his doubts, as to who he really was. However, the Saint took him up, but before he got to the middle of the river, he was ready to fink under the enormous load, and began to call out, at which the Devil laughed heartily, and asked him why he would not follow his advice? The boy faid to the Saint while on his fhoulder in the river, If Atlas formerly found the weight of the Poles of this world, a load he could hardly bear, no won der, Chriftopher, that though a Giant, you should find me much heavier, who am Creator not only of this world, but of the Sun, the Moon, and all the planetary fyftem.' On the boy's Laying this, the Saint found himfelf inftantaneously relieved, and on setting him down on the other fide, be fell on his knees to worship him, and then making the fign of the cross over the water upon the Devil, the Prince of Darkness immediately vanished into flame and fmoke, leaving a strong fulphureous smell behind him.

This piece concludes with a scene, which is a conftant favourite with the people of this country: It was a converfation of fome gallants with their Nuns at the parlour grate of a Convent. After many bombaft affeverations of love and attachment, intersperfed with double entendre on both fides, 002

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the Ladies defire the Gentlemen to entertain them with a dance, which they did, by dancing the fofa, two and two to the Guitar, and afterwards another dance ftill more indecent and obfcene, only practifed by the black men and women of Lifbon, and this laft part of the entertainment efpecially went off with great applaufe.

for it. The Cobler was particularly provoked on feeing this, and faid, he would foon convince him; fo, rifing from his tripod in a rage, and taking up his laft, or form, threw it with fuch force at his antagonist, as made a large cut on his forehead. Now, (faid the Cobler, exulting) after what my form has done, I'll anfwer for it, there will be produced matter in abundance.' This turn of wit raifed great applaufe in the houfe, after which the Cobler, the two Friars, the Maxo and Maria, being, it feems, each provided with a leather ftrap or thong, began beating each other about the ftage, to the entertainment of the company, and which is the manner in general in which the Spanish after-pieces end.

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eft affiction: fhe fhut herfelf up and fultation with the graveft and most orthodox Divines, the whole Court were ordered into deep mourning for nine days, at the end of which there was a general proceffion from one great Church to another in the city at a confiderable diftance, in which the Queen herfeif and the Court walked in ceremony, and which they called The proceffion of the Difaggravation, and by performing of which they feriouly think they have appeafed the juicy-provoked wrath of the Deity.

was invifible for three days, after which, fhe faid that all the misfortunes of her late father's reign, and the judgments with which God had vifited him, fuch as earthquakes, the expulfion of the Jefuits, and the war which followed, were altogether no. thing, when compared to the grievous infult which had been offered to the body of our bleffed Saviour himself, and which it became her duty to apologize for, after the moft fignal man ner poffible; and, after holding a cos

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explained by the writer of them rally enter by fympathy, into the fiin an addrefs to the reader. The arion of one another, but particu"relations already publified of the laney into that of the generous, the "military tranfactions in India, cone, and the unfortunate. The "piled chiefly from gazettes, are 100% particulars relating to our officers "partial to give an adequate idea of and foldiers, who fell at different "the fkill and exertions of our optimes into the hands of Hyder-Ally"ponents, and too general to recort Khan, and Tippoo Sultan Bahou"the merit and the fate of individuals ❝s in our own fleets and armies. It is thofe fufferers, and for the moft dan, communicated by certain of "the object of these memoirs, as the "by one gentleman who perfevered, part "fame time that they iliste the "in the midft of the utmoft danger, « connection of military affans with in keeping a journal of what paid "politics, the nature and the relations from day to day in the principal p « of different actions toutez, "fon of Seringapatam, imprefs the " and the general seful of the wa, "mind with all the tone of a deep "to defcribe not only our , bet "tragedy--a tragedy continued by "the valour and addrels four se "too perfect an unity of time and "mics, and to particularize the me "place, and of fuffering, it not of rits and the hardfitups of our coun- "tion, for the space of near four you trymen and others in our Service: "while death, according to the for the promotion of their intereft, "of our great claffical Poct, thook of boif they have furvived that fufferings; "dart over their heads, but dela for perpetuating their names if they "to ftrike." The writer of the "have not; and in both cafes, for

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