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CHAPTER IV
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It is now time to pass to the foreign wars of the Protectorate; for though they be little remembered they fairly launched the Army on its long career of tropical conquest, and of victory on the continent of Europe.
1654.
It is not easy to explain the motives2 that prompted Cromwell to make an enemy of Spain. He was eagerly courted by both French and Spaniards, and it was open to him to choose whichever he pleased for his allies. The probability is that he was still swayed by the old religious hatred3 of the days of Elizabeth, and, like her, looked to fill his empty treasury4 with the spoils of the Indies. He did not perceive that the religious wars of Europe were virtually ended, and that nations were tending already to their old friendships and antagonisms5 as they existed before the Reformation. Be that as it may, he was hardly firm in the saddle as Protector when he began to frame a great design against the Spanish possessions in the New World. His chief advisers6 were one Colonel Thomas Modyford of Barbados, who had his own reasons for wishing to ingratiate himself with the Protector, and Thomas Gage8, a renegade priest, who had lived long in the Antilles and on the Spanish Main and had written a book on the subject. The most fitting base of operations was obviously Barbados, which, from its position to windward of the whole Caribbean Archipelago, possessed9 a strategic importance which it has only lost since the introduction of steam-vessels. It lay ready to Cromwell's[259] hand, having been an English possession since 1628, and was, if Modyford were to be believed, ready to give active assistance in the enterprise. There remained the question whether the expedition should be directed against an Island or against the Main. Gage was for the latter course, and named the Orinoco as the objective: Modyford recommended Cuba or Hispaniola,[185] and Modyford's opinion prevailed.
Gradually the design matured itself, and presently assumed gigantic proportions. A footing once established on one of the Spanish Islands to
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     warfare   | |
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| n.流氓( rogue的名词复数 );无赖;调皮捣蛋的人;离群的野兽 | |
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| n.懊恼;气愤;委屈 | |
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| 不再抵抗(诱惑、疾病、攻击等)( succumb的过去式和过去分词 ); 屈从; 被压垮; 死 | |
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| n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的 | |
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     commonwealth   | |
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     trenches   | |
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     wincing   | |
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     garrison   | |
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     dearth   | |
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     relics   | |
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     confession   | |
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| 密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 ); 云集; 成群地移动; 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去 | |
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| n.溃退,溃败;v.击溃,打垮 | |
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| adj.立即的;直接的,最接近的;紧靠的 | |
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| 警官( sergeant的名词复数 ); (美国警察)警佐; (英国警察)巡佐; 陆军(或空军)中士 | |
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| n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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| adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的 | |
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| n.痛苦,苦恼,苦难;悲惨的境遇,贫苦 | |
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| n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物 | |
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     clique   | |
| n.朋党派系,小集团 | |
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     subservient   | |
| adj.卑屈的,阿谀的 | |
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     junto   | |
| n.秘密结社;私党 | |
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| adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的 | |
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| 清除(政敌等)( purge的过去式和过去分词 ); 涤除(罪恶等); 净化(心灵、风气等); 消除(错事等)的不良影响 | |
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| 协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过 | |
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| adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的 | |
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