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when ys led forth the hardy fons of Britain, againfl the embattled hofl; when one of her fons was an overmatch for hrice the number of the furious Gauls;* or call to mind, O Al- bion! the reign of thy virgin-queen, Eliza; who flood alone, and was profpcrous in all Jier wars!

1 8. When thy navy, arrayed in terrific fplendor, moved fublimely upon the face of the great deep, and furrounding nations trem- bled at thy power 1

19. What a humiliating contrafl is here! thy fons are now taken captive by a people unufed to war; whofe occupation is hufband- ry, and whofe greatefl fkill is in the ufe of the plow, the hoe, and the mattock.

20. Is not the wickednefs that aboundeth in thy borders, the caufe of thy misfortunes? for vice and luxury weaken the people, and the rulers caufeth them to err.

21. Thus ended the warfare of the north-
 * See Rap. Kill. Eng. bat. of Agencourt k Crefby,