BOOK XI.

The Indian deities invite thofe of Tyre and Syria to co-operate with them; prophefying darkly the invasion of their empire by the Croisaders; they excuse themselves, equally averse to the Gauls and to all the nations of Europe. A final conflict; and a complete victory in every element by the Phenicians over Gallus and Iberus, and by the protecting, over the malignant fpirits. The victors land in Albion, fince called Britain, on the coast of Hama, now Hampshire; a defcription of the triumph, entertainments, and sports.

BOOK XII.

The nuptials of Britan and Albione, or, allegorically, of Royalty and Liberty united in the constitution of England. The attending Druid, appearing in his own form and in all his fplendour, predicts the glories of the country, and its difafters; but animates,

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rather than alarms, the hero and nymph, whom he confoles, whenever he afflicts them; he recommends the government of the Indians by their own laws. He then flies, his object being attained, to the celeftial regions; they apply themselves to the regulation of their domain and the happiness of their subjects.

The discovery of the BRITISH ISLES by the Tyrians, is mentioned by Strabo, Diodorus, and Pliny; and proved as well by the Phænician monuments found in IRELAND, as by the affinity between the Irish and Punic languages. NEWTON places this event about the Eight-hundred-eighty-third year before CHRIST, and in the twenty-first after the taking of TROY

BOOK I.

GENIUS, or Spirit, or tutelary Power
Of virtue-loving heav'n, yet uninvok’d
By prophet rapt, or bard in hallow'd shades
To grace his native minstrelsy, though oft
Thy cares for BRITAIN, thy celestial aid

Grateful her sons have mark'd; if e'er thou ledst

Her glitt❜ring ranks unmatch'd o'er hostile fields,
Or, when her navies hurl'd dismay through GAUL,
Pointedst their light'ning, and on some bright mast
Satst like an eagle plum'd with victory,

Oh! fill this glowing bosom, whilst I sing
Her charms, her glories, and thy love divine.

What Chief, what Sage, what Hero, train'd by thee To wisdom, first on this delightful isle

Struck his advent'rous prow? That sacred form
Of state, self-balanc'd, harmony sublime,
Freedom with sov'reignty in sweet accord,
Who constituted first? The Prince of TYRE
Long wand'ring, long depress'd, yet e'er impell'd
Right onward, till fair triumph bless'd his toils,
By godlike worth and beauty's heav'nly charm,

Now were his light-oar'd galleys tempest-tost
To rich TARTESSUS, on the far-sought shore
Of that proud realm, where BETIS, ample flood,
Rush'd o'er the manors of IBERUS old,
Fam'd for the laughing sheaf, the silky fleece,
And many-cluster'd vine; not fam'd her sons
For meek deportment, or the soothing voice
Of hospitality, and reception mild
In sure abode, to strangers visitant.

From Book VII.

As Tibetian mountains rise

Stupendous, measureless, ridge beyond ridge,
From Himola, below the point far seen
Of Chumaluri, to more lofty steeps,
Cambala vast, then loftier without bound,

Till sight is dimm'd, thought maz'd; the traveller

Perplex'd, and worn with toil each hour renew❜d,
Still through deep vales, and o'er rough crags proceeds:
Thus on the beech, now died with horrid gore,
Warrior o'er warrior tow'ring, arms on arms,

Dire series, press'd; one slain, the next more fierce,
Assail'd the Tyrian: he his falchion keen

Relax'd not, but still cloth'd its edge with death,
Disturb'd, yet undismay'd; stung, not appall'd,

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PREFATORY DISCOURSE

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AN ESSAY ON THE HISTORY OF THE TURKS.

THERE is no people in Europe, which has raised the terror, and excited the curiofity of the Chriftian world more than the Turks; nor any, I believe, of whose true genius and manners we have fo imperfect a notion; for though a great number of travellers, and among them feveral excellent men, have from time to time published their observations on various parts of the Turkish empire, yet few of them, as it evidently appears, understood the languages that are fpoken in it, without which their knowledge could not fail of being very fuperficial and precarious.