Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-07-09

A VIEW or TnE CHARACTER pf FAtsrAtf
Bya Chinese comthsatafor on Shakapcdte.
"Fnrlatof waE born IN the third hour Of the
morning and VI hia birth the roundneus OF his
belly and The Wilderness Of lts head betukened
his future greatness. but little IN known OF
his early life saye that he insisted il the TEN.
pies OF the barbari1na, where bic voice, once
remarkable for tta aweetnese, became broken
With the zeal oi the Higner. lie then travelled
with a juggler audit lying were not the
special vice Of the barbnrihns~~dld greater
wonders than ever our own WV. The elder
,nen of L.oidonA-so named, because chosen
from tue oldest inhnbitsnts-are known by u
ring upon the thumb this rings Fbrlstotf,
to the admiration OF the barbarian court, cfept
through aud through, like any worm, and waa
promoted by the king thereof. should, hoy
ever, do evil unto truth, did | not advise you,
O Ting, that this feat of Forlatoff aeema greater
THAI Il really ia for a tame eagle being kept
in the court of the king, it was afterwards dis-
covered that n talon Of the bird was something
thicker than the waist of the said Forlstofr
"ftis certain that Forlstof, a short time
after HE feat with the ring, became n student
in 0 place called Clemency Inn (which, as ite
name implies, is a temple wherein youths stu
ny 10 pBCpIHt IIfiR HHN tlbTt tiHif 10 HlAt HI
men as brothers of their own flesh. and to de-
spise the allurements of wealth. There was
with him another student, called Robert Stlal.
Ter, who afterwards became a Mandarin, or in
The barbarian tongue, a justice Of the peace
being promoted to that office because he wac
like a double radlsh, and had hs head carved
with a knife. He WINS. when at Clemoney Inn,
dressed in an cel-skin, and used TO sleep IN n
lute-case. lie lent Forlstof what The barba-
tiaus call a thousand pounds, which Forlstcf
was honest enough TO acknowledges.
81 next fluid ForlstofF in company with one
princenl--the son OF the barbarian king, and
several thieves. Forlsloff, and here the vice
of his father, Shakespeare, breaks cut in the
chlld-tempts the kings son to turn robber.
He is, however, 40 ashamed Of the wickedness,
that he goes about it with a mask onhis face,
as a kings son ought.
g Forlstoff falls into disgrace with Princeal,
and is sent by him, with soldiers, to Coventry
that being a place in a barbarian couptrk
where no man speaks to his neighbon. After
come delay, Forlstoff marches through Coven-
try, 10 FIGHT one Pursy, who can ride DIP a
straight hill, aud is therefore called Hotspur.
Forlstoff fights with him by--that is, near a
clock, and kills him, Princeal, the kings son,
meanly cndeayoring to deprive Forlstof Of
tho honor.
"After the battle, Forlstoff goes to dine
with the King, at Wincer, which isuthe royal
manufactory for soap. Forlstoff pretends to
love two wives at the same time, and is put
by them in what is called by the barbarlans,
a uck-basket--that is, a basket for the finer
sort of barbarians, their word buck answering
to our word push, andmeaning high handsome
grand. He is flung into the river, and saves
himself by swimming to a garter. He is at
forwards punished, BY being turned int6th
royal forest, with horns upon his head. and
chains upon his hands. Frinceal, in time,
becomes king, and discards ForIstof, who
eoes home-goes to bed-does nothing but
look at the end Of his fingers, talks OF the
Green fields about Wincer, and.dies.
"For the habits of Forlstoff, if they wer@
not quite as v~irtuous as those of Fo, it was,
perhaps, the fault Of his times for we have
his y words to prove that they we're once
those of the best barbarisns. He swore but
few oaths--gambled but once a day-pald biz
debts four times-and took recreation only
when he cared for it. He loved sack-a Ii
quor that has puzzled the heads OF the learned
without eggs, and was extraordinarily ten.
perate in bread"