He had a fine, gallant air; people stood in their doors to look after him, as he went by upon a mettle horse.

I have seen it with these eyes, and I ingenuously confess, not altogether without envy; for I was a plain lad myself and a plain man's son; and in those days it was a case of Odi te, qui bellus es, Sabelle." "It sounds like a dream," said I.
"Ay, ay," said the lawyer, "that is how it is with youth and age.

Nor was that all, but he had a spirit of his own that seemed to promise great things in the future.

In 1715, what must he do but run away to join the rebels?
It was your father that pursued him, found him in a ditch, and brought him back multum gementem; to the mirth of the whole country.

However, majora canamus--the two lads fell in love, and that with the same lady.