137.

Though, as when fiends did miracles avow,

He stands confessed e'en by the boastful Dutch;

He only does his conquest disavow,

And thinks too little what they found too much.

138.

Returned, he with the fleet resolved to stay;

No tender thoughts of home his heart divide;

Domestic joys and cares he puts away,

For realms are households which the great must guide.[150]