He was a General in the Armys of _Atalantis Major_ and excepting the chief Command of an Army, was very well fitted for the Field: He had behav'd himself very well on several Occasions against the _Tartarians_, and unless his ill Fate should place him above being commanded, he might in time be a great Man; at present, having all the Fire of a General without the Flegm, his great Misfortune and the only Thing that can ruin him is, That he thinks himself qualifyed to Command, and cannot bear the Lustre of their Merit that excel him. 5. The E. of _Marereskine_: This was a Nobleman whose Character is not so easy to describe; he appear'd in the Service of the Queen of the Island, but was suspected to lean to the _Tartars_, whose Interest he was known formerly to espouse; He was proud, peevish, subtle and diligent, affected more the Statesman than the Soldier, and therefore aim'd at the Place the Duke _de Sanquharius_ enjoy'd of Secretary of State, but had not yet had his Ambition gratifyed. You are to note also that the Queen of the Island had for several Years committed the Administration of her Affairs to two extraordinary Persons, Natives of the South Parts of the Island. The Prince _de Heymuthius_ and the E. of _Dolphinus_, their Characters may be confin'd to this: In short, the first commanded all the Armies of _Atalantis Major_, and was Captain General and Commander in Chief; the other, High Keeper of the Treasury of the Island, the greatest General and the greatest Minister of State the Island ever knew, who had raised the Glory of their Mistress, and the Honour of their Country, to the greatest Pitch the Age has ever seen; whose Merit I can no more describe than the Nation can requite. Tho' these Characters seem to take up too much room in this Tract, yet it could not be avoided, it being impossible to let you into a true Notion of the Farce that was acted afterwards if the Actors had not been thus described. _Greeniccio_ was a Peer of the whole Island, and therefore had no Vote in the Northern Election, being one of the Hereditary Council aforesaid; but taking upon him the absolute Direction of the Affair, tho' he had really, as above, nothing to do with it, he rendred himself at the City Reeky, the Capital of that Part of the Kingdom a few Days before the Election. _Marereskine_, who had really a Voice in the Election, was there before him, and had busily embark'd _Bellcampo_, Lord of the Isles, and Brother to _Greeniccio_, to make Parties, and prepare Parties, sollicite Votes, get Proxies, and the like, about the Countries.