The Great Part You had, as British Ambaffador, in Procuring and Cultivating the Advantageous Commerce between the Courts of England and Portugal, has purchafed You the lafting Efteem of all who understand the Intereft of either Nation. Those Perfonal Excellencies which are over-rated by the ordinary World, and too much neglected by Wife Men, You have applied with the juftest Skill and Judgment. The moft graceful Address in Horfemanship, in the Ufe of the Sword, and in Dancing, has been employed by You as lower Arts, and as they have Or occafionally ferved to cover, introduce the Talents of a skilful Minifter. and But your Abilities have not appear'd only in one Nation. When it was your Province to Act as Her Majefty's Minifter at the Court of Savoy, at that time incamped, You accompanied that Galant Prince thro' all the Viciffitudes of his Fortune, fhared, by his Side, the Dangers of that Glorious Day in which He recovered His Capital. As far as it regards Perfonal Qualities, You attained, in that one Hour, the highest Military Reputation. The Behaviour of our Minifter Minifter in the Action, and the good Offices done the Vanquifhed in the Name of the Queen of England, gave both the Conqueror and the Captive the most lively Examples of the Courage and Generofity of the Nation he represented. Your Friends, and Companions in your Abfence frequently talk these things of You, and You cannot hide from us, (by the most discreet Silence in any Thing which regards Yourself) that the frank Entertainment we have at your Table, your eafy Condefcenfion in little Incidents of Mirth and Diverfion, and general Compla |