And this may prove our second Punic war.
St. 5. [p. 105.]
The first being that which the Parliament declared against the States, and which Cromwell carried on with great success in 1653-4.
See how he feeds the Iberian with delays,
To render us his timely friendship vain;
And while his secret soul on Flanders preys,
He rocks the cradle of the babe of Spain.
St. 8. [p. 105.]