ABSTRACT
Accordingto appointment, Col. Forester, squire Aaron, Mr. Mawworm, and deacon Liptrap, arrived at Berkeley Hall, where they were entertained with great attention by Dr. Homily / and Tim. Having chosen a pleasant day for the purpose, they were conveyed with much pomp, in the commodore’s barge, to the Boyne, then at anchor near the watering-place off Staten Island. Dr. Sourby, on approaching her, was loud in his admiration of the figure of king William on her bow, and expatiated some moments on the virtues of that hero. Dr. Homily observed, ‘that though there was great expression of courage in his countenance, the figure, as well as all the pictures of him, displayed the sullen gravity of a Dutchman, and an air of melancholy, as if he was dissatisfied with himself for his unnatural conduct to his father-in-law. 264 King James has been much ridiculed for his defeat, and William for his victory, at the battle of the Boyne; but I can only apply to it what has been said of Cromwell: ‘Careat successibus opto, Quisque, ab eventu facta notanda putat.’ 265 /
