Note 303 — PART I. (continued 3)
Reading edition
‘Vos, ô Britanni (fœdera nam sinunt Incœpta pacis) dissociabilem Tranate pontum. Quid cruento Perdere opes juvat usque Marte. Lætis Remensam quam satius fuit Stipare Bacchum navibus; et domum Anferre funestis trophæis Exuvias pretiosiores!’
Coffin’s Campania vindicata, 1712. The force of the reference to England is better understood when it is mentioned that no other nation is alluded to as purchasing the wines of the Champagne.