Eis mil nadantes aves pelo argento Da furiosa Thetis inquieta. Camóens, _Lus._ iv. 49. “Was never seen the like!” “It was probably the first time that an important siege was maintained by women’s exertions; the stores of the besiegers were landed from boats rowed by Spanish girls!”--Napier. XIX. “The small black olive that the mountain loves.” --Lecta de pinguissimis Oliva ramis arborum.--Hor. _Epod._ ii. XXI. “As Atlas’ daughter in her sunlit isle.” Calypso. Ἄτλαντος θυγάτηρ ὀλούφρονος, ὅστε θαλάσσης. κ. τ. λ. Hom. _Od._ i. 52. XXIII. “Both man and dame excludes the Nereid throng.” ----τὸν εὐγενῆ ... πεντήκοντα Νηρῄδων χορόν. Eurip. _Iph. in Taur._ 273. “The illustrious band of the fifty Nereids.” XXIV. “And swam with matchless skill--their element the sea.” Nadan en su cristal ninfas bizarras, Compitiendo con el candidos pechos. Lope de Vega, _Sonetos_. XXVII. --“Britannia’s hand Made Earth and Ocean feel her trident stroke.” _Vide_ Virg. _Geor._ i. 13. --“Feeble councils numbed at home the arms Which even thus paralyzed Gaul’s legions broke.” Under the administration of Lord Melville, the Navy of England for the first time sustained disasters in battle, and ships containing stores and money for the Peninsular army were suffered to be taken on the passage by French and American cruisers; while the despicable absurdity was witnessed of two successive investments and assaults of San Sebastian without the co-operation of a fleet. XXVIII. “Oh, glorious rivalship!” &c. _Vide_ Wordsworth’s “Convention of Cintra.” “Gibraltar’s griefs--St. Vincent’s memory rending.” The memorable siege, in which the Spaniards were finally defeated on the 13th September, 1782.--The battle of St. Vincent, in which Jervis destroyed the Spanish fleet, 14th February, 1797. XXIX. “Spain’s Partidas.” _Partidas_ was the generic name of the partisan bands, who maintained the indomitable Guerrilla warfare against the French, and of whom there were not less than 50,000 at one period in Spain. A favourite weapon of these legitimate successors of the Almugavars, or ancient mountaineer troops of Spain, was the _trabuco_, or blunderbuss. The two most famous Partida chiefs were those whose names are recorded in the text. The Mina alluded to is Espoz y Mina, the Scanderbeg of Spain, uncle to the Student of the same name. XXX. “But Nations ne’er yet died when Tyrants pleased!” The strongest proof of the inherent vitality of a Nation is that Spain survived the villanies of Godoy. XXXIII. “Reptile, dost _Him_ defy?” Wer empfinden Und sich unterwinden Zu sagen: ich glaub’ ihn nicht? Der Allumfasser! Der Allerhalter! Goethe, _Faust_.