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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Colonial history. (search)
A third and final effort could not be adventured till the nation had been propitiated by naval successes, and victories over Spain had excited and gratified the pride of Englishmen and the zeal of Protestants. The Red Cross, said Cromwell's admirers, rides on the sea without a rival; our ready sails have made a covenant with every wind; our oaks are as secure on the billows as when they were rooted in the forest: to others the ocean is but a road; to the English it is a dwelling-place. Waller, Of a War with Spain, verses 23—30. The fleets of the protector returned rich with the spoils of Peru; and there were those who joined in adulation;— His conquering head has no more room for bays Chap. XI.} Let the rich ore forthwith be melted down, And the state fixed by making him a crown; With ermine clad and purple, let him hold A royal sceptre, made of Spanish gold. For a moment the question of a sovereign for England seemed but to relate to the Protector Cromwell and the army, o