Note 6 — CANTO VII.
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He used to affirm, that he stood in need of God’s particular assistance; like Moses, when he led forth the people of Israel, who forbore to lay violent hands upon him, because of the miracles which God wrought by his means. ‘So,’ said the Admiral, ‘did it happen to me on that voyage.’ F. Columbus, c. 19.——’ And so easily,’ says a Commentator, ‘are the workings of the Evil one overcome by the power of God!’