are entertained by two Dutch Gentlemen in a Yacht, which is overturned
in the Maese, to the manifest hazard of the Painter's Life--They spend
the Evening with their Entertainers, and next Day visit a Cabinet of
Curiosities.

Tom was accordingly ordered to administer to his occasions; and
the conqueror, elated with his success, which he in a great measure
attributed to his manner of attack, and the hymn which he howled, told
Peregrine, that he was now convinced of the truth of what Pindar sung in
these words, ossa de me pephileke Zeus atuzontai boan Pieridon aionta;
for he had no sooner begun to repeat the mellifluent strains of that
divine poet, than the wretch his antagonist was confounded, and his
nerves unstrung.

On their return to the inn, he expatiated on the prudence and
tranquility of his own behaviour, and ascribed the consternation
of Pallet to the remembrance of some crime that lay heavy upon his
conscience; for, in his opinion, a man of virtue and common sense could
not possibly be afraid of death, which is not only the peaceful harbour
that receives him shattered on the tempestuous sea of life, but also the
eternal seal of his fame and glory, which it is no longer in his power
to forfeit and forego. He lamented his fate, in being doomed to live in
such degenerate days, when war is become a mercenary trade; and ardently
wished, that the day would come, when he should have such an opportunity
of signalizing his courage in the cause of liberty, as that of Marathon,
where a handful of Athenians, fighting for their freedom, defeated the
whole strength of the Persian empire. "Would to heaven!" said he, "my
muse were blessed with an occasion to emulate that glorious testimony on
the trophy in Cyprus, erected by Cimon, for two great victories gained
on the same day over the Persians by sea and land; in which it is very
remarkable, that the greatness of the occasion has raised the manner of
expression above the usual simplicity and modesty of all other ancient
inscriptions." He then repeated it with all the pomp of declamation, and
signified his hope, that the French would one day invade us with such an
army as that which Xerxes led into Greece, that it might be in his power
to devote himself, like Leonidas, to the freedom of his country.

This memorable combat being thus determined, and everything that was
remarkable in Antwerp surveyed, they sent their baggage down the Scheldt
to Rotterdam, and set out for the