The life of General James Wolfe, the conqueror of Canada: or, The elogium of that renowned hero, attempted according to the rules of eloquence. With a monumental inscription, Latin and English, to perpetuate his memory. / By J*** P******, A.M. ; [Two lines in Latin from Seneca]

A Monumental INSCRIPTION, LATIN and ENGLISH. To perpetuate the Memory of General WOLFE.

LATIN.

Siste Viator, Et hîc contemplare, Quicquid nobile excelsumque concipi potest, Consentire in elogium JACOBI WOLFE.

Excultus omni virtute heroicâ, Tum verbo, tum exemplo, sub tutelâ patris ejus EDWARDI WOLFE, Tribuni Militum; Jam vix adultâ aetate, indolis in obsequium pronus, Militaris vitae munia amplexus est.

Bellatorem fummâ diligentiâ effingens Se, inter praelia cum hostibus commissa, animosum, Inter pericula interritum, inter angustias providum, Praestitit.

Ob praeclarum ad res bellicas ingenium, Faventibus celeberrimis Ducibus, Sub quibus stipendia fecit; Ad amplissimos in exercitu honorum gradus, Continuatâ serie, evectus est.

Nativus ejus vigor, cum disciplinâ Quam ipse fecundùm leges praefinitas observandam instituit, Maximâ laude in Cohorte, quam arte bellicâ erudiit, Enituerunt: Quúm in Campis juxta MINDAM, Suo exemplo quinque aliarum studia accendens, Impetu unà facto, sulminis instar, Ab eis, Gallicus Equitatus fusus, fugatusque fuit. Credite, Posteri! Totîus Europae Annales rem factam declarant. Martius ejus ardor et solertia apud ROCHFORDAM,

Abnuente Profectionis militaris Praeposito, coercita; Claré in subversione LUDOVICI-BURGI, Emicuerunt. Plané illum dixeris cum AMHERSTIO Expugnatorem PROMONTORII-BRITANNICI: Fortes non invident Fortibus; Generoso animi sui instituto eum obsequi passus est.

Nunc dignus habitus summo imperio praeesse; QUEBECUM, Urbs primaria imperii Gallici in AMERICA Septentrionali, Designatur tanquam optabilis victoria, Quam eximiae illius dotes promittunt.

Ars cum Naturâ conjurârat Castellum inexpugnabile efficere; Sed ille inter tot res arduas, et discrimina impavidus, Scandit rupes, et praecipitia; Urbem inferiorem in cineres redigit; Contra se ingentes CANADAE copias educit; Lasque parvâ manu, (miritum vix quinque millibus) At strenuâ, vegetâ, et in pugnam alacri, Profligat, fugat, magnâque cum strage prosternit.

Victoria, proh dolor! Vix ei triumphantibus lucis radiis illuxit; Jam jam eum CANADAE Debellatorem denunciatura, Quúm oppletus vulneribus adverso pectore receptis Gloriofé ante aciem dimicans cecidit.

Gaudete, et lugete, Britanni! Gaudete ob faelicitatem rerum vestrarum, Sub tanti Ducis auspiciis: Ast mortem lugete tam boni viri Cujus mores Evangelicae puritatis exemplar Eum mortem oppetere aequo animo paratoque pro patriâ Edocuerunt. In perpetuam ejus Memoriam, Hocce Monumentum speciali jussu SENATUS, POPULIQUE BRITANNICI Positum suit Anno reparatae Salutis Milesimo, Septingentesimo, Sexagesimo, &c. Natus suit, &c.

ENGLISH.

Stop, Passenger! And here view whatever is Grand and Noble, Summed up in the Character of JAMES WOLFE.

His Mind being adorned with all heroic Virtues, Both by the Precept and Example of his illustrious Father, Colonel EDWARD WOLFE; He, early in Life, as the Choice of his natural Disposition, Embraced the Prosession of Arms.

With indefatigable Industry forming the Military Man, He shewed himself Gallant in Action, intrepid in Danger, circumspect in Difficulties; And being soon singled out as a true Genius for the Art of War, With the Approbation and Applause Of the great Officers he served under, Was honoured, in a constant Succession, With the most distinguished Posts in the Army.

His innate Courage, his Regularity and Exactness of Discipline, Shone conspicuous in the Corps he had himself trained up, When animating five others by its Example in the Plains of Minden, The French Cavalry, by the Impetuosity of their Efforts, Were broken, routed, and discomfited. Posterity! believe it: the Annals of all Europe attest the Fact.

His martial Ardour and Capacity, Restrained by superiour Command at Rochfort, Were signal in the Overthrow of Louisbourg. You may stile him, with Amherst, the CONQUEROR of Cape-Breton The Brave do not envy the Brave; He let him act according to the generous Purpose of his Soul.

Now thought worthy of a Command in Chief; QUEBEC, The Capital of the French Empire in North-Amercia, Is made the Object of the important Conquest, Expected from his great Abilities.

Art had conspired with Nature To render the Place impregnable: But he, undaunted amidst such a Scene of Difficulties, Climbs over Rocks and Precipices, Lays the Lower Town in Ashes, Draws out the numerous Force of CANADA against him, And with less than five thousand Men But stout, vigorous, and ardent for Battle, Routs and defeats them with great Slaughter.

VICTORY, alas! Had scarce dawned upon him with triumphant Rays of Light, Ready to salute him, The CONQUEROR of Canada, When he fell gloriously, Covered with honourable Wounds.

Britons! rejoice and mourn: Rejoice that your Arms have prospered Under the Conduct of so great a General; But mourn for the Loss Of so good a Man, Whose Morals, a Copy of Gospel-Purity, Taught him to die contented for his Country.

To perpetuate his Memory, This Monument was erected by the special Command Of the British SENATE and PEOPLE. In the Year of our Lord, One Thousand, Seven Hundred, and Sixty.