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elected' King of Poland , having been put in nomi-nation for that purpofe, if the Queen had not re-filled to interfere, declaring fhe could not lofe thebelt jewel of her crown..
On the 22d of September, 1586, in a lucklefs.hour, the gallant Sidney was fent out with a party,to intercept, a convoy marching towards Ziitphen.The morning being hazy,, they fell into an ambuf-cade. Sir Philip fought with the moll defperatebravely; but juft as he was mounting a fecondhorfe, his firft having been killed under him, he TQrceived a lliot in the thigh, which broke the bone topieces.
His conduct on the field to a wounded foldier,who was willfully eying fome water in a helmet*,which Sir Philip was about to drink *, perfectlyaccords with his general character.
He was carried to Arnheim , where he lingeredeleven days; and fo perfectly refigned to his fate,that a few hours before his death, he had the fa-vourite air of La Cuijfe rompue, which he had fetto mulic, played to him. Thus fell the amiable,the virtuous, the accomplifhed, the brave Sir Philip Sidney , in the 3,2d year of his age; a polite fcholar,the patron of learning and genius, and the object ofuniverfal panegyric.