DUBLIN: MDCCXXV. To the Right Honourable the LORD CUTTS, Colonel of his Majesty's Cold-Stream Regiment of Guards, &c. My LORD, T HE Address of the following Papers is fo very much due to your LORDSHIP, that they are but a mere Report of what has paft upon my Guard to my Commander, for they were writ upon Duty, when the Mind was perfectly difengag'd and at Leifure in the filent Watch of the Night, to run over the bufy Dream of the Day; and the Vigilance which obliges us to fuppofe an Enemy always near us, has awaken'd a Senfe that A 2 there there is a restless and subtle one which conftantly attends our Steps, and meditates our Ruin. Thoughts of this Nature, a Man may with Freedom acknowledge to Your LORDSHIP, who have ever been fo far from running into the Fafhionable Vice of Exploding Religion, that your early Valour firft appear'd against the profefs'd Enemies of Chriftianity; and Buda had transmitted you to late Pofterity, but that you yourself have obliterated your Part in that Glorious Scene by the fresher Memory of you, at Limerick and Na mure. With one honeft Purpofe of Life, and conftant Service of one Intereft, and one Cause, in what Country have you not Fought? In what Field have you not Bled? But I know I here offend you, nor will you allow Warmth in Commendation to be like a Friend; but if, my LORD, to fpeak you Generous, Honeft, and Brave be not fo, I do affure you 'tis the only Thing I'll ever do in common with your Enemies. I I said your Enemies; but if there are any who have Ignorance or Malice enough to be fuch, their little Hates must be loft in the Diftinction the better World allow you; and that County (whose Discerning is refin'd by a learned and elegant Univerfity) has done you fo great an Honour, in making you unanimoufly their Reprefentative in Parliament, that they who would oppofe your Reputation, dɔ but confefs they are unacquainted with what paffes in the World,and Strangers to the Residence of Knowledge and Virtue. 'Twas there you receiv'd thofe Rudiments of Honour, which have render'd your Life confpicuous enough to make you appear a worthy Defcendant of an ancient and diftinguish'd Family, which has ferv'd the Crown in the most eminent Stations, and been equally Favourites of their Country; 'twas there you receiv'd thofe Impreffions which infpire that true use of your Being, which fo juftly divides your Time, between Labour and Diverfion, A 3 |