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of Osnabruck ; and his brother Arfvid Forbes, the General
and Governor of Pomerania; Arthur Forbes de Corse, a
Lieut.-Colonel, who died at Buxtehude; John Forbes de
Tulloch,who fell at Nördlingen, and so on. Altogether there
were about forty Forbeses, officers in the Swedish army.1
The colonel concludes his short sketch with the following
verse:—
“ die so viel Gutt verschossen
Und so viel tapferes Blut vergossen,
Doch bis dato kein recompens genossen.” 2
On the last page of the Memorial is written in the
same hand :—
“This memorial the late Colonel William Forbes
composed shortly before his death. In it he has
concisely and prettily told about his military services during
twenty years. By all the officers, high and low, he has
been much praised and loved in all this time. In the
fortieth year of his life he died in the unfortunate and
miserable hole of Burgk ; he that had been present at so
many famous battles, skirmishes and mighty attacks and
earned so much undying honour and glory therein. His
loss has been grievously felt by all, and he has been wept
over by two kings.”3
1 One of them, Jonas Forbus, a captain, was made captive in 1637,
and had to pay 200 ducats for his own ransom (Palmskioldska Samml.
Ups ala Bill.).
2 “ Who have fired away so much of their property, spilt so much
brave blood, but have up to date received no recompense.” The latter
fact he attributes to the ill-fortune that had hitherto followed him.
8 The original in Lund, from which the above account has been
completed, is written in German, and apparently dictated by the colonel.
The Library at Lund is particularly rich in Forbesiana. There is for
instance Christina’s patent of nobility for Peter Forbes on parchment,
richly emblazoned (1651) ; Charles I.’s letter of nobility for Jacob and
Patrick Forbes de Thainstoun (Edinburgh, 1629) ; Arfvid Forbes’s
baronial patent, etc., besides numerous letters to the latter.
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