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ANNUS MIRABILIS:
187.
At length the adverse Admirals appear;
(The two bold Champions of each Countries right:
Their Eyes describe the lists as they come near,
And draw the lines of Death before they fight.
At length the adverse Admirals appear;
(The two bold Champions of each Countries right:
Their Eyes describe the lists as they come near,
And draw the lines of Death before they fight.
188.
The distance judg'd for Shot of every size,
The Linstocks touch, the pond'rous Ball expires:
The vig'rous Sea-man every Port-hole plies,
And adds his Heart to every Gun he fires.
The distance judg'd for Shot of every size,
The Linstocks touch, the pond'rous Ball expires:
The vig'rous Sea-man every Port-hole plies,
And adds his Heart to every Gun he fires.
189.
Fierce was the Fight on the proud Belgians side,
For Honour, which they seldom sought before:
But now they by their own vain Boasts were ti'd,
And forc'd, at least in shew, to prize it more.
Fierce was the Fight on the proud Belgians side,
For Honour, which they seldom sought before:
But now they by their own vain Boasts were ti'd,
And forc'd, at least in shew, to prize it more.
190.
But sharp remembrance on the English part,
And shame of being match'd by such a Foe,
Rouze conscious Virtue up in every heart,
(w) Possunt, quia posse videntur. Virg. (w) And seeming to be stronger makes them so.
But sharp remembrance on the English part,
And shame of being match'd by such a Foe,
Rouze conscious Virtue up in every heart,
(w) Possunt, quia posse videntur. Virg. (w) And seeming to be stronger makes them so.
191. Nor
