“Which we can’t do in such a case;
“For if here defeat, then all is lost;
“Battle avoid we surely must,
“I trust the French to come by sea;
“But where can their invasion be?
“If at sea indeed they have been check’d
“It damps our hope; but does not wreck’t.
“Then let’s push on and do our best;
“Kind providence make out the rest!”
Then proclaiming his father there,