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on a bridge built by the Marshal in 1733, when the roads were formed by the army under his command:
Mirare
Hanc viam militarem
Ultra Romanos terminos,
M. Passuum CCL, hac illac
Extensam,
Tesquis et paludibus insultantem,
Per montes rupesque patefactam,
Et indignanti Tavo
Ut cernis instratam.
Opus hoc arduum, sua solertia
Et decennati militum opera
A. Ær. Xnæ. 1733, posuit G. Wade
Copiarum in Scotiæ Præfectus.
Ecce quantum valeant,
Regis Georgii II. Auspicia.
Hanc viam militarem
Ultra Romanos terminos,
M. Passuum CCL, hac illac
Extensam,
Tesquis et paludibus insultantem,
Per montes rupesque patefactam,
Et indignanti Tavo
Ut cernis instratam.
Opus hoc arduum, sua solertia
Et decennati militum opera
A. Ær. Xnæ. 1733, posuit G. Wade
Copiarum in Scotiæ Præfectus.
Ecce quantum valeant,
Regis Georgii II. Auspicia.
But the most singular poetical effusion on this subject, is said to have been composed by a Mr. Caulfield, who was employed in the business by the Marshal:
Had you but seen these roads, before they were made,
You'd lift up your hands, and bless Marshal Wade.
You'd lift up your hands, and bless Marshal Wade.
ALBANIA.
P. 157. v. 1. Drummond, in his "Forth feasting," uses Albania as a poetical name for Scotland:
Whate'er beneath Albania's hills do run,
Which see the rising or the setting sun———
Which see the rising or the setting sun———
