And while this famed emporium we prepare, The British ocean shall such triumphs boast, That those, who now disdain our trade to share, Shall rob like pirates on our wealthy coast. 303. Already we have conquered half the war, And the less dangerous part is left behind; Our trouble now is but to make them dare, And not so great to vanquish as to find.[201] 304. Thus to the eastern wealth through storms we go, But now, the Cape once doubled, fear no more; A constant trade-wind will securely blow, And gently lay us on the spicy shore.[202] FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 98: Note I.] [Footnote 99: Precious stones at first are dew condensed, and hardened by the warmth of the sun, or subterranean fires. _Dryden._] [Footnote 100: According to their opinion who think, that great heap of waters under the Line, is depressed into tides by the moon towards the poles. _Dryden._] [Footnote 101: Note II.] [Footnote 102: The Spaniard.] [Footnote 103: Note III.] [Footnote 104: Alluding to the successful war of Cromwell against the Dutch, in 1653.] [Footnote 105: Note IV.] [Footnote 106: _Cœruleus Proteus immania ponti Armenta, et magnas pascit sub gurgite phocas._ ] [Footnote 107: Note V.] [Footnote 108: The planet Venus, which was visible in the day-time about the birth-day of Charles II., was by court astronomers affirmed to be a new star. See page 51.] [Footnote 109: Note VI.] [Footnote 110: Note VII.] [Footnote 111: Protesilaus, the first Grecian who landed on the Trojan shore, was killed in disembarking.] [Footnote 112: Opdam, the admiral of Holland. See note VIII.] [Footnote 113: The war began, by mutual aggressions, on the coast of Guinea.] [Footnote 114: Note IX.] [Footnote 115: Note X.] [Footnote 116: _Si bene calculum ponas, ubique fit naufragium._ PETRONIUS.] [Footnote 117: Note XI.] [Footnote 118: Note XII.] [Footnote 119: Note XIII.] [Footnote 120: Prince Rupert, and duke Albemarle. See note XV.] [Footnote 121: Note XIV.] [Footnote 122: _Examina infantium, futurusque populus._ Plin. jun. in pan. ad Trajanum.] [Footnote 123: Note XVI.] [Footnote 124: Where the Olympic games were celebrated.] [Footnote 125: _Credas innare revulsas Cyclades._] [Footnote 126: "Ahey! what, in the wind's eye, brother? Where did you learn your seamanship."--_Commodore Trunnion._] [Footnote 127: _Built_, for _build_ or _structure_.] [Footnote 128: Note XVII.] [Footnote 129: Note XVIII.] [Footnote 130: The Gauls, when they first entered the Roman senate, were so much struck with the solemn appearance of the venerable senators on their chairs of state, that, for a time, their fury was absorbed in veneration.--_Liv. His._ Lib. V. cap. 41.] [Footnote 131: Note XIX.] [Footnote 132: Note XX.] [Footnote 133: _Spem vultu simulat, premit alto corde dolorem._--VIRGIL.] [Footnote 134: _Tell_, for _number_.] [Footnote 135: Note XXI.] [Footnote 136: Note XXII.]