Conclusion
We will conclude our slight and fragmentary notice of this distinguished chief, by observing, that the biographer's eulogy on the virtues and character of the good knight Bayard may with equal truth and propriety apply this English soldier; for, like unto that chivalrous knight, courage, heroic daring, and self-devotion to ends extraneous to himself, are emphatically. exemplified from the beginning to the end of his present career. Loyal, faithful, and persevering in whatsoever he undertook; unflinching in danger; merciful in conquest; and of unbounded liberality in the disposition of what little befell to him, by favour or chance of fortune, his conduct and character are marked by all the qualities of greatness, beauty, and disinterestedness, which are the signs and credentials of the hero, and which constitute the soul of patriotism. And, when the future historian shall recount the struggles of that brave band of brothers who sought to rescue oppressed nations from the tyranny of barbarism, and tell how England, with the noble instinct of a great and generous nation, accomplished her lofty and, glorious mission, in sending forth her fleets and her armies to protect the weak against the strong, and to repel from Asiatic soil the Muscovite aggressor, the deeds of this now neglected Patriot-hero, will be deemed worthy of lasting remembrance.
J. Whereat, Printer, Gazette Office, Weston-Super-Mare