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NOTE S.
' JVoolsner, the daemon dire and rude.
I h,ive bare taken a poetic licence foi the origin of the
Woolsner saud-bank, which projects from the southern fxfreniity
of Hayiing Island, a Ions: distance into the sea, which in
Btorniy weather breaks over it with a great noise. A Beacon
ship is moored at its southern extremity.
'' Lash round great Porto's gnlden bark.
The vessels of Romance, in general, far exceeded the one
which brought my hero. The reader shall judge from the following
description, taken from Partenopex ds Blois. In
' Richard Citux de Lion,' tlie messenger of Henry II. meets a
splendid vessel.
Quelle ne «awe they never more
For it was so gay before ;
Every nnil of gold jgraTe ;
Of j)ui8 gold Was her sclave.
Her maste was of ivory,
Of samite her sayle wythy.
Her ro|)es ■were of white sylke.
As whyte as ever was H7iy :nylke.
The nobie shypiie was wyihout
>Vith iloaths of golde spreilsibout ;
And her lofl, and her wyiuUace,
All of gold besi)angled was.
" The wars of Odin the divine.
The exploits of Odin form the chief feature in the Mythology
of the North: they are detailed at length in the Folaspu, or
sacred book — the prophecy of Fola. or Vi>la. a general name
for the northern women, resembling in many respects the Sybils
of the Classic age. The work consists of 300 lines ; describing
the Creation — the employment of the Fairies against Loke, the
Typhon of the North ; and concludes with the conflagration of
the universe. Thoughout may be traced a strong resemblance
to the mythology of Greece and Rome — the Giants being nearly
similar to the Typhon and Giants of Homer and Virgil.
•* Here leads he nations from the East.
Sir William Jones, in his Essays published in the Asiatic
Researches, has with great acuteness described the progress of
this northern adventurer.
* The warlike songs of Britain sound.
" Some of baliles detailed by the Welch Bards were
between Forth and the Britons. One of them is the battle of
Loiigbooth, in which Arthur was Comnfiander in chief: and u?
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