[Footnote 174: Spar-hawk. A lark is said to be _dared_ by any object of terror which makes it sit close. Farewell nobility! E'en let his grace go forward, And dare us with his cap, like larks.---- ] [Footnote 175: St James, patron of Spain, on whose festival this battle was fought. See note XLI.] [Footnote 176: Philip II. of Spain, against whom the Hollanders rebelling, were aided by Queen Elizabeth. See notes XLI. and XLII.] [Footnote 177: Note XLII.] [Footnote 178: Note XLIII.] [Footnote 179: Note XLIV.] [Footnote 180: _Hæc arte tractabat cupidum virum, ut illius animum inopia accenderet._] [Footnote 181: Note XLV.] [Footnote 182: _Sigæa igni freta late relucent._] [Footnote 183: Note XLVI.] [Footnote 184: The word _gross_, as already noticed, signifies "main body." It was a military phrase of the time.] [Footnote 185: Note XLVII.] [Footnote 186: Note XLVIII.] [Footnote 187: Note XLIX.] [Footnote 188: Note L.] [Footnote 189: Note LI.] [Footnote 190: Note LII.] [Footnote 191: Note LIII.] [Footnote 192: Note LIV.] [Footnote 193: Note LV.] [Footnote 194: Alluding to the city's request to the king, not to leave them.] [Footnote 195: Note LVI.] [Footnote 196: Note LVII.] [Footnote 197: Mexico.] [Footnote 198: _Augusta_, the old name of London.] [Footnote 199: Note LVIII.] [Footnote 200: Alluding to the alliance betwixt France and Holland.] [Footnote 201: The disgraceful surprise of Chatham, in 1667, baffled this prophecy.] [Footnote 202: Referring to the monsoons, which the navigators fall in with upon doubling the Cape of Good Hope.] NOTES ON ANNUS MIRABILIS. Note I. _In thriving arts long time had Holland grown, Crouching at home, and cruel when abroad; Scarce leaving us the means to claim our own; Our king they courted, and our merchants awed._ St. 1. p. 104.