i88 HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

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p. been invested with the highest dignities, was de-livered into the hands of the executioner, andtorn in pieces by the most inhuman torments.Amidst the severe agonies which he endured ,he still made protestations of his innocence, andfrequently repeated an ode of Horace, whichcontained sentiments suited to his deplorablecondition :

Justum et tenacem propositi virum , 8cc.

The judges, however, condemned him tolose his offices, and to be banished the common-wealth. The pensionary , who had not been

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. The man , whose mind on virtue bent,

Pursues some greatly good intent,

With undiverted aim,

Serene beholds the angry crowd;

Nor can their clamors , fierce and loud ,

His stubborn honor tame.

Not the proud tyrant’s fiercest threat,

Nor storms, that from their dark retreatThe lawless surges wake,

Not Jove’s dread bolt that shakes the pole,

The firmer purpose of his foulWith all its power can shake.

Shou’d Nature’s frame in ruins fall,

And chaos o’er the sinking ballResume primæval sway,

His courage chance and fate defies,

Nor feels the wreck of earth and skies

Obstruct its destin’d way. BlaCKLOCKE.