XXVI. “Greater thy glory than Pendragon’s son,” &c. What resounds In fable or romance of Uther’s son Begirt with British and Armoric knights. Milt. _Par. Lost_, i. 579. I have preferred the name Pendragon to Uther, as more resonant. King Arthur’s father had both names. (Robert de Borron, _Hist._) XXVII. “List to thy Destiny, and nerve thy arm.” Nunc age ... quæ deinde sequatur Gloria ... Expediam dictis, et te tua fata docebo. Virg. _Æn._ vi. “Cyclopian castles hewn from solid rock.” Though the penultimate in the first word is long in the Greek, in Latin it is short: ----Vos et Cyclopia saxa, Experti. Virg. _Æn._ i. 205. XXIX. “Through no vain boast like Xerxes.” ----Tumidum super æquora Xerxem. Luc. _Phars._ ii. 627. Suppositumque rotis solidum mare ... Ille tamen qualis rediit Salamine relictâ, Ipsum compedibus qui vinxerat Ennosigæum? Juvenal. _Sat._ x. 176. XXXIV. “She said, and pointing to the fields of France.” Così dicendo ... ... tremò l’aria riverente, e i campi Dell’ Oceano, e i monti, e i ciechi abissi. Tasso, _Gerus. Lib._ xiii. 74. “And Heaven for long renown hath spared his hero soul.” Εὖ δὲ παθεῖν, τὸ πρῶτον ἀέθλων· εὖ δ’ ἀκούειν, δευτέρα μοῖ- ρ’. Ἀμφοτέροισι δ’ ἀνὴρ ὃς ἂν ἐγκύρσῃ, καὶ ἕλῃ, στέφανον ὕψιστον δέδεκται. Pind. _Pyth._ i. “To use good fortune is the first of gifts, and to hear men’s praise is the second felicity; but to whatever man both these have fallen, he hath received the highest crown!” While Pindar was eulogizing the Syracusan Hiero, one might think that he was describing Wellington. XXXVI. ----“Ne’er by land or main Shall War’s barbarian triumphs wake thy pride.” Ipsum nos carmen deducit Pacis ad aram. Pax ades; et toto mitis in orbe mane. Dum desunt hostes, desit quoque causa triumphi. Tu ducibus bello gloria major eris! Sola gerat miles, quibus arma coërceat, arma; Canteturque ferâ, nil nisi pompa, tubâ. Horreat Æneadas et primus et ultimus orbis: Si qua parum Romam terra timebit, amet. Utque domus, quæ præstat eam, cum Pace perennet, Ad pia propensos vota rogate Deos! Ovid. _Fast._ i. 709. “But Peace with olive branch o’ershadowing bide, And mark the Godhead in thy empire wide.” Φιλόφρον Ἡσυχία, Δίκας ὦ μεγιστόπολι θύγατερ, βουλᾶν τε καὶ πολέμων ἔχοισα κλαῗδας ὑπερτάτας. Pind. _Pyth._ viii. “Oh bland Tranquillity, thou city-exalting daughter of Justice, holding the keys supreme of councils and of wars!” XXXVII. “Nor let thy Fecial seers too nice refine.”