ful wretch, who in adverfity remembered God, but in his profperity forgat him.” 66 As Abdullcander encreased his wealth by industry," faid Miss Charlotte Selwyn, "I fee no cause why he should fo deeply reflect on himself" 66 Industry is certainly laudable," returned Mrs. Corbet, "but that virtue is of little value if overbalanced by ingratitude: it is certainly the excess of that vice, to forget from whence our bleffings flow; and fo truly fenfible of this was Abdullcander, that he thought no submission too abject to exprefs his contrition. I will now relate you a fact from real history in the reign of Edward the third." THE THE SURRENDER OF CALAIS. AN ENGLISH STORY. He had EDWARD the Third, after the battle of Creffy, laid fiege to Calais. fortified his camp in fo impregnable a manner that all the efforts of France proved ineffectual to raise the fiege, or throw fuccours into the City. The citizens however under the conduct of Count Vienne their gallant governor, made an admirable defence. Day after day the English effected many a breach, which they repeatedly expected to ftorm by morning; but when morning appeared, they wondered to to behold new ramparts raised, nightly erected out of the ruins which the day had made. France had now put the fickle, into her fecond harveft fince Edward with his victorious army fat down before the town. The eyes of all Europe were intent on the iffue. The English made their approaches and attacks without remiffion; but the citizens were as obftinate in repelling all their efforts. At length, famine did more for Edward than arms. After the citizens had devoured the lean carcaffes of their ftarved cattle, they tore up old foundations and rubbish in fearch of vermin. They fed on boiled leather and the weeds of exhaufted gardens, aud a morfel of damaged corn was accounted matter of luxury. In this extremity they refolved to attempt the enemy's camp, They boldly fallied forth; the English joined battle, and after a long and defperate engagement, count Vi enne enne was taken prifoner, and the citizens who furvived the flaughter, retired within. their gates. On the captivity of the governor, the command devolved upon Euftace Saint Pierre, the mayor of the town, a man of mean birth, but of exalted virtue. Euftace now found himself under the neceffity of capitulating and offered to deliver to Edward, the city, with all the poffeffions and wealth of the inhabitants, provided he permitted them to depart with life and liberty. As Edward had long fince expected to afcend the throne of France, he was exafperated to the laft degree against these people, whofe valour had defeated his warmest hopes; he therefore determined to take an exemplary revenge, though he wished to avoid the imputation of cruelty, He anfwered, by Sir Walter Mauny, "that they all deferved capital punishment, as obftinate traitors traitors to him, their true, and natural fovereign. That however, in his wonted cle meucy, he confented to pardon the bulk of the plebeians, provided they would deliver up to him fix of their principal citizens, with halters about their necks, as victims of due atonement for that spirit of rebellion with which they had inflamed the vulgar herd. All the remains of this defolate city were convened in the great fquare, and, like men arraigned at a tribunal from whence there was no appeal, expected with beaten hearts the fentence of their conqueror. When Sir Walter had declared his meffage, confternation and pale dismay was impreffed on every face. Each looked on death as his own inevitable lot; for how fhould they defired to be saved at the price proposed? whom had they to deliver, fave parents, brothers, kindred, or valiant neighbours, who had so often expofed their lives in |