^^now but young, already promises to answer all the ardent & sanguine expectations of hisRelations & Freinds, amongst whom I mayClaſs the amiable Lady to whom this workis dedicated, & my no leſs amiable Self.

Though of a different profeſsion, andshining in a different Sphere of Life,yet equally conspicuous in the Characterof an Earl, as Drake was in that of aSailor, was Robert Devereux Lord Eſsex.This unfortunate young Man was notunlike in Character to that equally un--fortunate one Frederic Delamere. The simile may be carried still farther, & Elizabeth thetorment of Eſsex may be compared to theEmmeline of Delamere. It would be endleſs