Mercury, the patron of commerce, being so greatly dependent on the good offices of the Naiads, in return obtains for them the friendship of Minerva, the goddess of war: for military power, at least the naval part of it, hath constantly followed the establishment of trade; which exemplifies the preceding observation, that 'from bounty issueth power.' NOTE W. _'C'alpe ... Cantabrian surge'_--L. 143. Gibraltar and the Bay of Biscay. NOTE X. _'AEgina's gloomy surge'_--L. 150. Near this island, the Athenians obtained the victory of Salamis, over the Persian navy. NOTE Y. _'Xerxes saw'_--L. 160. This circumstance is recorded in that passage, perhaps the most splendid among all the remains of ancient history, where Plutarch, in his Life of Themistocles, describes the sea-fights of Artemisium and Salamis. NOTE Z. _'Thyrsus'_--L. 204. A staff, or spear, wreathed round with ivy: of constant use in the bacchanalian mysteries. NOTE AA. _'Io Paean.'_--L. 227. An exclamation of victory and triumph, derived from Apollo's encounter with Python. NOTE BB. _'Rocky Cirrha'_--L. 252. One of the summits of Parnassus, and sacred to Apollo. Near it were several fountains, said to be frequented by the Muses. Nysa, the other eminence of the same mountain, was dedicated to Bacchus. NOTE CC. _'Charm the mind of gods'_--L. 263. This whole passage, concerning the effects of sacred music among the gods, is taken from Pindar's first Pythian ode. NOTE DD. '_Phrygian pipe_.'--L. 297. The Phrygian music was fantastic and turbulent, and fit to excite disorderly passions. NOTE EE. '_The gates where Pallas holds The guardian key_.'--L. 302. It was the office of Minerva to be the guardian of walled cities; whence she was named IIOAIAS and HOAIOYXOS, and had her statues placed in their gates, being supposed to keep the keys; and on that account styled KAHAOYXOS. NOTE FF. 'Fate of sober Pentheus.'--L. 311. Pentheus was torn in pieces by the bacchanalian priests and women, for despising their mysteries. NOTE GG. 'The cave Corycian:--L. 318. Of this cave Pausanias, in his tenth book, gives the following description:--'Between Delphi and the eminences of Parnassus is a road to the grotto of Corycium, which has its name from the nymph Corycia, and is by far the most remarkable which I have seen. One may walk a great way into it without a torch. 'Tis of a considerable height, and hath several springs within it; and yet a much greater quantity of water distils from the shell and roof, so as to be continually dropping on the ground. The people round Parnassus hold it sacred to the Corycian nymphs and to Pan.' NOTE HH. 'Delphic mount.'--L. 319. Delphi, the seat and oracle of Apollo, had a mountainous and rocky situation, on the skirts of Parnassus. NOTE II. 'Cyrenaic shell.'--L. 327.