[The fierce Epirot and the African bold],
Whether to settle peace, or to unfold 5
The drift of hollow states [hard to be spelled];
Then to advise how war may best, upheld,
Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold,
In all her equipage; besides, to know
Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, 10
What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done.
The bounds of either sword to thee we owe:
Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans