When the English fleet came on the coast of Holland, the Duke of York took possession of it, as Lord High Admiral. "After he had spent the day there in receiving information of the state of the fleet, and a catalogue of the names of the several ships, his Highness returned with it that night to the king, that his majesty might make alterations, and new christen these ships, which too much preserved the memory of the late governors, and of the republic."--CLARENDON. The Naseby was too odious a name to be preserved, and it was changed to the Royal Charles, and the Swiftsure to the James. The Royal Charles fell into the hands of the Dutch at the surprize of Chatham. Note XX. ----_Great Gloster's weight._--P. 37. Henry of Oatlands, Duke of Glocester, third son of Charles I. He embarked on this occasion with his brother, by whom he was dearly beloved. He died of the small-pox on the 13th September following, deeply and generally lamented. Note XXI. _It is no longer motion cheats your view; As you meet it, the land approacheth you: The land returns, and, in the white it wears, The marks of penitence and sorrow bears._--P. 38. Johnson remarks, that this extraordinary piece of complaisance in the land is not without a precedent. A French poet read to Malherbe some verses, in which he mentioned the kingdom of France as advancing to meet the king. "Though this happened in my time," observed the critic, "it is strange I should not remember it." In the next couplet, Albion does penance in a sheet, because her cliffs are chalky; had they been black, she would have been in mourning of course. But the civility of such inanimate objects, according to the poets of this reign, was truly wonderful, considering their present insensibility. In a poem, "On the Arrival of her Royal Highness, and Happy Marriage to the Most Illustrious Prince James Duke of York, &c. 1673," not only do dolphins dance about the vessel, but, yet more surprising, When first she launched, the ambitious waves no more Would kiss the lips of the forsaken shore; But, proud of such rich freight, began t' aspire, As if they'd quench the elemental fire: So that philosophers since scarce agree, Whether the earth or ocean highest be. The trembling compass had forgot to stir, Instead o'the north pole, pointing still at her; At which the pilot wonders, till he spies Two north poles culminant at once,--her eyes. Note XXII. _Thus, when the Almighty would to Moses give A sight of all he could behold and live; A voice before his entry did proclaim, Long suffering, goodness, mercy, in His name._--P. 36. "And he said, Thou shall not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live. "And the Lord said, Behold there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock; "And it shall come to pass, when my glory cometh by, that I will put thee into a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by;