The next are a magnificent compliment, and, as far as verse goes, to be sure very applicable.

“Stop, stop! brave Prince, allay that inner flame;
Enough is given to England and to fame. 
Remember, Sir, you in the centre stand;
Europe’s divided interests you command,
All their designs uniting in your hand. 
Down from your throne descends the golden chain
Which does the fabric of our world sustain,
That once dissolved by any fatal stroke,
The scheme of all our happiness is broke.”

Adieu! my dear Sir:  pray for peace!

(836) The two sons of the Duke du Maine, a natural son, but legitimated, of Lewis the Fourteenth, by Madame de Montespan.-E.

(837) Where Mr. Pelham lived.

(838) Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, the “Bufo” of Pope

“Proud as Apollo, on his forked hill
Sate full-blown Bufo, I)uff’d by every quill;
Fed with soft dedication all day long,
Horace and he went hand in hand in song."-E.

333 Letter 113
To Sir Horace Mann. 
Houghton, July 11, 1743.

The Pembroke is arrived!  Your brother slipped a slice of paper into a letter which he sent me from you the other day, with those pleasant words, “The Pembroke is arrived.”  I am going to receive it.  I shall be in town the end of this week, only stay there about ten days, and wait on the Dominichin hither.  Now I tremble!  If it should not stand the trial among the number of capital pictures here!  But it must; It will.

O, sweet lady!(839) What shall I do about her letter?  I must answer it-and where to find a penful of Italian in the world, I know not.  Well, she must take what she can get:  gold and silver I have not, but what I have I give unto her.  Do you say a vast deal of my concern for her illness, and that I could not find decompounds and superlatives enough to express myself.  You never tell me a syllable from my sovereign lady the princess:  has she forgot me?  What is become of Prince Beauvau?(840) is he warring against us?  Shall I write to Mr. Conway to be very civil to him for my sake, if he is taken prisoner?  We expect another battle every day.  Broglio has joined Noailles, and Prince Charles is on the Neckar.  Noailles says, “Qu’il a fait une folie, mais qu’il est pr`et `a la r`eparer.”  There is great blame thrown on Baron Ilton, the Hanoverian General for having hindered the Guards from en(,aging.  If they had, and the horse, who behaved wretchedly, had done their duty, it is agreed that there would be no second engagement.  The poor Duke is in a much worse way than was at first apprehended:  his wound proves a bad one; he is gross, and has had a shivering fit, which is often the forerunner of a mortification.  There has been much thought of making knights-banneret, but I believe the scheme is laid aside; for, in the first place, they are never made but on the field of battle, and now it was not thought on till some days after; and besides, the King intended to make some who were not actually in the battle.