Anticipates his name in London papers.
‘From admiration we cannot refrain,
‘The gallant Ensign Newcome’s going to Spain;
‘To shew our gratitude we don’t dissemble,
‘Heroes like him must make Massena tremble.’
Or, should a Battle ease him of his breath,
His Name’s recorded in the list of Death;
The Mortuum Caput then they thus would fill,
‘Died Ensign Newcome, late of Ludgate Hill—
‘Of twenty wounds receiv’d in an attack,