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What Force or Strength can do is in his reach, 

 His long Experience, Cost and Charges, teach ; 

 What Greeks, nor Romans e re could do, this day, 

 Our Noble Britain here hath found the way. 



If Ages past had bred you, we had seen 



Your Glories current run a bigger stream ; 



But Art and Envy meeting face to face, 



Like France and Spain, dispute who shall take place. 



None but ignoble Minds love to detract 

 From th Honour due to such a noble Act : 

 On then, that after-ages may relate 

 Your Service done to Country, King and State. 



And though that envious Spirits spit their gall, 

 Your noble Deeds are so well known to all, 

 As if their malice should take from your praise, 

 Your own deserts will crown your head with Bays. 



5$y your Lordships 



most humble and faitliful Servant, 

 James Bollock. 



APPENDIX D. 



[Among the Family Papers in the possession of His Grace the 

 Duke of Beaufort is the following : Letter from WALTER 

 TRAVEES, a Roman Catholic Priest, to the Doivager Marchioness 

 of Worcester. ] 



Jesus + Mia, September 6, 1670. 



NOBLE MADAM 



The Grace of the Holy-ghost bee with you. 



The greate esteeme and honour w ch I have euer had for your Ladys? 

 hath allwaise made mee prompt, and willing to serue you to the best 

 of my power, without the bias of selfe interest, as your selfe can 

 witnesse ; And because I feare that at present, your Honour hath 

 noe one, that in the greate concernes, which you have in hand, will 

 tell you the truth, as it often happens to persons of greate quality : 

 I have thought it the part of my Priestly function and fidelity 

 towards yo r Ho r : (haveing first in my poore prayers, humbly com 

 mended it to Aim: God) to represent unto you, that w ch all your 

 friends know to bee true, as well as my selfe, and would bee willing 

 that your Ladys? should know it likewise. 



