Note 4 — A MEMOIR, &c. (continued 3)

See Book the 5th, Chapter 1st of Sir Walter Raleigh’s History of the World, “where, in deciding this controversie, whether the Macedonian or the Roman were the best warriors,” he answers, “the Englishman,” and quotes the French historian, who says, “The English comes with a conquering bravery, as he that was accustomed to gain every where without any stay.”