a seat in the French Academy, which Montesquieu playfully offered to
secure for him.

In brief, Charles was a spirited, eager boy, very capable of
patience, intensely secretive, and, as he showed in 1745-1746,
endowed with a really extraordinary clemency, and in one regard,
where his enemies were concerned, with a sense of honour most unusual
in his generation. His care for the wounded, after Prestonpans, is
acknowledged by the timid and Whiggish Home, in his 'History of the
Rebellion,' and is very warmly and gracefully expressed in a letter
to his father, written at Holyrood.' {23a} He could not be induced
to punish miscreants who attempted his life and snapped pistols in
his face. He could hardly be compelled to retort to the English
offer of 30,0001. for his head by issuing a similar proclamation
about 'the Elector.' 'I smiled and created it' (the proclamation of
a reward of 30,000l. for his head) 'with the disdain it deserved,
upon which they' (the Highlanders) 'flew into a violent rage, and
insisted upon my doing the same by him.' This occurs in a letter
from Charles to James, September 10, 1745, dated from Perth. A copy
is found among Bishop Forbes's papers. Here Charles deplores the
cruelties practised under Charles II. and James II., and the
consequent estrangement of the Duke of Argyll. {23b}

In brief, the contest between Charles and Cumberland was that of a
civilised and chivalrous commander against a foe as treacherous and
cruel as a Huron or an Iroquois. On this point there is no
possibility of doubt. The English Government offered a vast reward
for Charles, dead or alive. The soldiers were told significantly, by
Cumberland, that he did not want prisoners. On the continent
assassins lurked for the Prince, and ambassadors urged the use of