part with his niece, or break off all friendly intercourfe with Clovis, Gondebaud furrendered his niece to the ambaffador, with a confiderable fum of money as her portion; and they fet out together in a bafterne, or kind of waggon drawn by oxen. They had not proceeded far in this low carriage, when the princess gave Aurelian to understand, that if he intended they should reach the territories of Clovis, they must travel with more expedition; inafmuch as fhe had received advice, that a nobleman called Aredius was arrived at the court of her uncle, as ambaffador from Conftantinople; and that, knowing him to be an inveterate enemy to the house of Chilperic, fhe made no doubt that he would use all his endeavours to prevent her marriage. Aurelian immediately took the hint, and, fetting the princefs on horfeback, conveyed her with redoubled fpeed to Soiffons, where fhe arrived in fafety. Her prefaging apprehenfion was verified by the event. Aredius actually perfuaded Gondebaud to anticipate the marriage of his niece a body of horfe being immediately detached in purfuit of her, overtook the bafterne, which they carried back, with the greater part of the portion; while the princefs herself, by her beauty, and other amiable accomplishments, even exceeded the idea which Clovis had preconceived of her perfon. made a public entry into Soiffons, with all the barbarous magnificence of thofe times, which likewife attended the enfuing celebration of her nuptials. She The Gauls were overjoyed at the elevation of this princefs, who not only poffeffed all the mildwirtues re quifite to foften and humanize the temper of her husband, but at the fame time profeffed the pure catholic faith, without the least taint of Arianifm, which had infected the Burgundians and Vifigoths. Their expectations were not disappointed. Their new queen employed all her understanding, which was well cultivated, and all the influence the derived from the paffion and esteem of her husband, in unwearied endeavours to make him a convert to the Chriftian faith. She had, by dint of argument, weaned him in a great measure from the abfurdities of the pagan fuperftition, and paved the way fo far to his converfion, that, when he brought forth his first fon Ingomer, he permitted her to baptize the child, and educate him in the Chriftian religion. The premature death of this prince, in his infancy, produced an unfavourable effect in the mind of the father, who could not help upbraiding her for attempting to reconcile him to the worship of a God, who had not faved the life of her first-born; but the acquitted herself so much to his fatisfaction on this fubje&t, that his refentment foon fubfided; and the being delivered of another fon, he was chriftened by the name of Clodomer. In the fequel, being invaded by the Alemanni and Suevi, who inhabited the country between the Maine, the Rhine, and the Danube, he af fembled his troops, which were joined by Sigebert, king of Cologne, and advanced against the enemy to Tolbiac, now Zulpeck, in the dutchy of Juliers, where a bloody battle enfued. Sigebert, being dif abled by a wound, which disheartened his army, and Clovis extreme, ly hard preffed, and in danger of being overpowered, he made a vow to the God of his queen Clotilda, that he would be baptized, fhould he extricate him from the dangerous fituation in which he was involved. Whether or not there was any extraordinary interpofition of Providence in his favour, we fhall not determine certain it is, the fate of the battle was fuddenly changed; the king of the Alemanni loft his life, and his army was intirely routed. The victor immediately paffed the Rhine, invaded their country in M his turn, and totally inthralled a [To be continued.] To ftain WOOD of a MAHOGONY Colour. AHOGONY Colour is the most useful of any ftain for wood, (efpecially fince the fineering with different colours is out of fashion) as it is much practised at prefent for chairs and other furniture made in imitation of mahogony; which, when well managed, may be brought to have a very near refemblance. This ftain may be of different hues, as the natural wood varies greatly, being of all the intermediate teints betwixt the redbrown and purple-brown, according to the age, or fometimes the original nature of different pieces. For the light red-brown, use a decoction of madder, or fuftic wood, ground in water; the proportion may be half a pound of madder, and a quarter of a pound of fuftic, to a gallon or in default of fuftic an ounce of the yellow berries may be ufed. This must be brushed over the wood to be stained, while boiling hot, till the due colour be obtained: and if the wood be kindly grained, it will have greatly the appearance of new mahogony. The fame effect nearly may be produc ed by the tincture of dragon's blood, and turmeric root, in fpirit of wine: by in- For the dark mahogony take the infu- Any ftains of the intermediate colours may be made by mixing these ingredients, or varying the proportion of them. Where these ftains are ufed for better kind of work, the wood should be afterwards varnished with three or four coats of feed lac varnish; but for coarfe work, the varnish of refin and feed-lac may be employed, or they may be only well rubbed over with drying oil. Compofition for BLACK WRITING INK, without Galls or Green INPUSE a pound of galls powdered, and three ounces of pomegranate peels, in a gallon of foft water for a week, in a gentle heat; and then ftrain off the a quart a quart of water, and let them remain for a day or two; preparing in the mean time a decoction of logwood, by boiling a pound of the chips in a gallon of water, till one third be wasted; and then straining the remaining fluid while it is hot. Mix the decoction, and the folution of galls and vitriol, together; and add five ounces of gum Arabic; and then evaporate the mixture over a common fire to about two quarts: when the remainder must be put into a veffel proper for that purpose, and reduced to dryness in balneo mariæ; that is, by hanging the veffel in boiling water. The mafs left, after the fluid is wholly exhaled, must be well powdered; and, when wanted for ufe, may be converted into ink by the addition of water." ing the portable inks, to mix the galls in fubftance with the other ingredients; and form the compofition only of them with vitriol and gum Arabic, powdered together but befides the clogging, and fouling it, with the ligneous matter of the galls, there could be no dependance on the standing of ink so imperfectly formed. Compofitions were also formerly made for portable, or extemporaneous inks, without galls or vitriol; of one of which the following is a recipe. "Take half a pound of honey, and the yolk of an egg; and mix them well together. Add two drams of gum Arabic finely levigated; and thicken the whole with lamp black to the confiftence of a stiff pafte; which, put to a proper quantity of water, may be used as an ink.” Ink, from Vermilion. well stopt ink-bottle for ufe. 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An artful mifreprefentation of Facts elating to France and England. &c. Pr. Is. Arch and fatyrical. Stevens. Poetical ESSAYS for JANUARY, 1761. ODE, for the NEW-YEAR, Jan. 1, 1761. STROPHE. STILL muft the Muse, indignant, hear The clanging trump, the rattling car And usher in each opening Year [of War? With groans of death, and founds O'er bleeding millions, realms oppress'd, The tuneful mourner finks distress'd, Or breaths but notes of Woe: Her floating Bulwarks hovering round, What can the Sea-girt realm endure, What dread thro' all her watry bound! Great Queen of Ocean, the defies All but the Pow'r who rules the Skies, And bids the ftorms engage : Inferior foes are dash'd and loft, As breaks the white wave on her coaft, Confum'd in idle rage. For alien Sorrows heave her gen'rous breast, She proffers Peace to ease a rival's pain, Her crouded Ports, her fields in plenty drest, Blefs the glad Merchant, and th' industrious Swain. Do blooming Youths in battle fall? True to their fame the funeral Urn we raife: And thousands, at the glorious call, Thee, Glory, thee through climes unknown Fresh subjects for the British Mufe. Tremendous as th' ill-omen'd Bird To frighted France, thy voice was heard From Minden's ecchoing towers: O'er Biscay's roar thy voice prevail'd: And at thy word the rocks we fcal'd, And Canada is ours. O potent Queen of every Breaft Which aims at praise by virtuous deeds, Wheree'er thy influence fhines confeft The Hero acts, th' Event fucceeds. The miseries of mankind ? On ruins pil'd on ruins must she Fife, And lend her rays to gild her fatal throne; Muft the mild power who melts in vernal fkies, [known? By thunders only make his Godhead No, be the Omen far away, From yonder pregnant cloud a kinder gleam, Tho' faintly ftruggling into day, Portends a happier Theme. EPODE. And who is he, of regal mien, Reclin'd on Albion's golden fleece, Whofe polish'd Brow, and Eye ferene Proclaim him Elder-born of Peace? Another George! -- Ye winds convey Th' aufpicious name from pole to pole: Thames, catch the found, and tell the fubject Sea, Beneath whofe Sway, its Waters roll, The hoary Monarch of the deep, Who footh'd its murmurs with a Father's |