St. 14 At Falkirk; Jan 17, 1746. ‘On the eve after his victory Charles again encamped on Bannockburn.’
St. 16 The mortal moor; named Culloden and Drummossie: Ap. 16, 1746. The cold at that time was very severe.
St. 17 A nation’s craven rage; See Appendix F.
St. 21 Love’s gentler judgment; We may perhaps quote on his behalf Vergil’s beautiful words
. . . utcumque ferent ea facta minores,
Vincet amor patriae laudumque inmensa cupido.
—It is also pleasant to record that over the coffin of Charles in S. Peter’s, Rome, a monument was placed by George the Fourth, upon which, by a graceful and gallant ‘act of oblivion,’ are inscribed the names of James the Third, Charles the Third, and Henry the Ninth, ‘Kings of England.’
On the simple monument set up by his brother Henry in S. Pietro, Frascati, it may be worth notice that Charles is only described as Paterni iuris et regiae | dignitatis successor et heres:—the title, King, (given to his Father in the inscription), not being assigned to Charles, or assumed by the Cardinal.
TRAFALGAR
October 21: 1805
Heard ye the thunder of battle
Low in the South and afar?
Saw ye the flash of the death-cloud
Crimson o’er Trafalgar?
Such another day never
England will look on again,
When the battle fought was the hottest,
And the hero of heroes was slain!