Excerpt from A Short History of the English People, Vol. 4 Medal commemorating victory AT LA hogue (reverse) William's reply to Louis's medal for Beachy Head (see above, and p. William, as Neptune, drives away Louis, the pseudo-neptune, with his trident, saying TO me it the empire of the seas] is given by Fate The Offences committed are expiated by a like punishment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.