XXXII. ORIGINAL PASSAGE. Accompanied by 200 Spanish pikemen, he flew to the place of attack, and appeared upon the scene just in time to save his troops from total destruction. He placed himself at the head of his men, and, with his sword in one hand, and a shield in the other, led them against the foe. The news of his arrival, which soon spread from one end of the dyke to the other, reanimated the drooping spirits of his troops; and the contest, which the nature of the field of battle rendered more murderous, was resumed with new energy. Upon the narrow top of the dyke, which in many places did not exceed nine paces in breadth, 5000 combatants were engaged; within this narrow space, the power of both armies was concentrated; upon its possession depended the whole fate of the blockade. With the Antwerpers, the last bulwark of their city was at stake-with the Spaniards, the whole issue of their enterprise; and both parties fought with that courage which nothing but desperation can inspire.-PRESCOTT. SAME PASSAGE ADAPTED. And Philip, with 200 hoplites of the Iberi, came to their succour,' where the attack was going on,3 and was so far only beforehand1 that the whole army was not ruined. And coming forward to the front rank, seizing his sword in his right hand, and his shield in the left, thus, indeed, he led them against their foes. 8 While those on the dyke,10 as soon as ever11 they perceived 12 him present, for the rumour 13 1 Παραβοηθεῖν. ἔφθασεν ἐς δέον ἥκων. 2 Προσβολή. 3 Γίγνεσθαι. 4 Τοσόνδε μόνον 5 "QOTE, with infinitive. JELF, Gr. Gr. § 863. ο Δέ. 10 Oi 7 Παριών. 8 Ἡ ἔμπροσθε τάξις. 11 Ὡς τάχιστα. 12 Επινοεῖν, 1 αor. act. 22 spread 14 far,15 recovered confidence 16 [after] having desponded,17 and still more [eagerly] prosecuted18 the contest, 19 which had been even before murderous, owing to the narrowness of the space.20 For on the top 21 of the dyke, in some places having its breadth not more than nine paces,' about 23 five-thousand men were fighting; and the whole strength of both 24 [armies] was concentrated 25 in a very narrow spot,26 as they considered 27 this one [point] decisive 28 of the whole blockade.29 For to one [party], the struggle 30 [was] for the safety of the city, the last bulwark 31 being endangered; and to the others, for victory or defeat, in case the expedition 32 shall not 33 succeed; 34 and both [parties], like men at last desperate,35 as is wont 36 to happen, were far more spurred 37 on to eager combat.38 31 20 Ἐν ἀναγκαιοτάτῳ χωρίῳ. η Ὡς Επιτείχισις. 25 Συστρέφειν, pass. τεία. 33 Εἰ μή. 34 Κατορθοῦν. 24 Dative. ἡγούμενοι. 31 Ερυμα. 32 Στρα 35 Απονενοημένοι. 36 φιλεῖ. ORIGINAL PASSAGE. Compassion seized the amazed inhabitants of the city, mixed with the fear of like calamities; while they observed the numerous foes without and within, who everywhere surrounded them, and reflected upon the weak resources by which they were themselves supported. The more vigorous of the unhappy fugitives, to the number of three thousand, were armed, and enlisted in three divisions. The rest were distributed into the houses, and all care was taken by diet and warmth to recruit their feeble and torpid bodies. Diseases of unknown name and species, derived from their multiplied distresses, seized many of them, and put a speedy period to their lives; others, having now leisure to reflect upon their mighty loss of friends and fortune, reckoned the life which they had saved, a curse. 8 7 SAME PASSAGE ADAPTED. But upon those in the city, compassion1 fell together with dismay at the same time, and fear for3 themselves, lest they should suffer anything of this sort, seeing a multitude of foes, both within the city and without, encompassing them on all sides, and considering their own weak resources, against what overwhelming strength they would be matched. And the still vigorous portion of the fugitives,10 to about three thousand, taking arms, were drawn up 12 in three divisions; 13 while, distributing 14 the rest among 15 houses, they tended 16 them with every care,17 if 18 by any means still they might recruit their weak and torpid 19 bodies by food 20 and warmth. And on many, diseases strange and unknown,22 as is natural 23 to those who had suffered many distresses, 24 fell,25 so that they were instantly removed 26 from life; while others, on the other hand, now at 27 leisure reflecting 28 that they would live 29 deprived equally of their friends and fortunes, plainly 30 believed [that] to have survived to this time,31 [was] a clear penalty. 21 31 W. Gr. Gr. § 155, obs. JELF, § 806, 1. 31 Τὸ μέχρι τοῦδε ἐπιβιῶναι. XXXIV. ORIGINAL PASSAGE. I was yesterday comparing together the industry of man with that of other creatures; in which I could not but observe, that notwithstanding we are obliged by duty to keep ourselves in constant employ, after the same manner as inferior animals are prompted to it by instinct, we fall very short of them in this particular. We are here the more inexcusable, because there is a greater variety of business to which we might apply ourselves. Reason opens to us a large field of affairs which other creatures are not capable of. Beasts of prey, and I believe all other kinds, in their natural state of being, divide their time between action and rest. They are always at work, or asleep. In short, their waking hours are wholly taken up in seeking after their food, or in consuming it. The human species only, to the great reproach of our natures, are filled with complaints, that 'the day hangs heavy on them;' that they do not know what to do with themselves;' that 'they are at a loss how to pass away their time;' with many of the like shameful murmurs, which we often find in the mouths of those who are styled 'reasonable beings.' How monstrous are such expressions among creatures who have the labours of the mind, as well as those of the body, to furnish them with proper employments; who, besides the business of their proper callings and professions, can apply themselves to the duties of religion, to meditation, to discourse; in a word, who can exercise themselves in the unbounded pursuits of knowledge and virtue, and every hour of their lives make themselves wiser or better than they were before. After having been taken up for some time in this course of thought, I diverted myself with a book according to my usual custom, in order to unbend my mind before I went to sleep. The book I made use of on this occasion was Lucian, where I amused my thoughts for about an hour among the Dialogues of the Dead, which, in all probability, produced the following dream. - Guardian, No. 158. 17 11 SAME PASSAGE ADAPTED. 2 9 To me yesterday' comparing the industry3 of men with that of other animals, it occurred to observe that, while it is needful for us from duty to work constantly, and for other animals by instinct,10 nevertheless we are far inferior to them in doing 12 this. Moreover, we are the more inexcusable 13 in proportion as we are able11 to engage in many more 15 employments; for reason 16 gives us a large field 1 of affairs, to which the other animals are not able to apply 18 [themslves]. Wild beasts, and all the other kinds, as it seems to me, as many as use the manner of life according to nature, spend 19 their time between 20 activity 21 and repose,22 so that 23 they are always [engaged] either in working or in sleeping; and to speak briefly,24 when awake they constantly attend 25 either to the supplying of 26 food or to eating it. Whereas in man alone of animals, and this 27 is most shamefully reproached 28 against |