[Footnote 137: Note XXIII.] [Footnote 138: _Ille autem ---- ---- ---- ---- Faucibus ingentem fumum, mirabile dictu Evomit, involvitque domum caligine cæca, Prospectum eripiens oculis, glomeratque sub antro Fumiferam noctem, commixtis igne tenebris._ VIRGIL. ] [Footnote 139: A falcon, I believe, is said to _fly at check_, when, having missed her stroke, she deserts her proper object of pursuit for a crow, or some other bird.] [Footnote 140: Note XXIV.] [Footnote 141: Note XXV.] [Footnote 142: _Vestigia retro improperata refert._--VIRGIL.] [Footnote 143: _Nec trucibus fluviis idem sonus: occidit horror Equoris, antennis maria acclinata quiescunt._ STATIUS. ] [Footnote 144: The third of June, famous for two victories by the English fleet over the Dutch in 1653 and 1665. On the last occasion, the fleets met on the third, though the Dutch avoided fighting till the fourth of the month.] [Footnote 145: Note XXVI.] [Footnote 146: Note XXVII.] [Footnote 147: _Quum medii nexus, extremæque agmina caudæ Solvuntur; tardosque trahit sinus ultima orbes._ VIRGIL. ] [Footnote 148: Corruptly for _flax_; her _down_ or _fur_.] [Footnote 149: ---- ----_Quos opimus, Fallere et effugere triumphus est._ Note XXVIII. ] [Footnote 150: Note XXIX.] [Footnote 151: Note XXX.] [Footnote 152: To _imp_, generally, is to ingraft; but here there is a reference to falconry, in which, when the broken feather in a hawk's wing is supplied by art, it is said to be _imp'd._] [Footnote 153: _Qualis apes, æstate nova, per florea rura, Exercet sub sole labor, cum gentis adultos Educunt fœtus, aut cum liquentia mella Stipant, et dulci distendunt nectare cellas; Aut onera accipiunt venientum, aut agmine facto Ignavum fucos pecus a præsepibus arcent; Fervet opus, redolentque thymo fragrantia mella._ Æneid. Lib. I. ] [Footnote 154: Sweden was the only continental ally of Britain during this war.] [Footnote 155: _Marline_, a piece of untwisted rope, dipped in pitch, and wrapped round a cable to guard it.] [Footnote 156: _Tarpawling_, pitched canvas.] [Footnote 157: Note XXXI.] [Footnote 158: _Extra anni solisque vias._--VIRGIL.] [Footnote 159: By a more exact measure of longitude. _Dryden._] [Footnote 160: Apostrophe to the Royal Society.] [Footnote 161: Note XXXII.] [Footnote 162: Note XXXIII.] [Footnote 163: Note XXXIV.] [Footnote 164: Note XXXV.] [Footnote 165: Note XXXVI.] [Footnote 166: Note XXXVII.] [Footnote 167: Note XXXVIII.] [Footnote 168: _Gross_, used as a substantive for "main body."] [Footnote 169: _Levat ipse tridenti, et vastas aperit syrtes._--VIRGIL.] [Footnote 170: Note XXXIX.] [Footnote 171: _Expires_, in the unusual sense of "is blown forth."] [Footnote 172: _Possunt quia posse videntur._--VIRGIL.] [Footnote 173: Note XL.]