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From There Go the Ships by George Shirley

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this, recommended a cuirass for the cavalry after the French fashion. The king, with it smile, asked him where it was to he worn, He replied on the breast, to protect the heart, lungs, and vital parts. "Ali," said the king, "it is of no use to Neapolitan soldiers, for they want plates to their backs." As the French were rapidly nearing Naples, Nelson one night suddenly ordered all the boats of the fleet to be got ready, flannel served out, and the oars of the boats bound round with it so as to muffle them, enabling them to pull without any noise, which they did.

 
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The only sound was their dipping the oars in water; not a word was spoken, Nelson having ordered perfect silence. At length they arrived at the back of the palace. Nelson ascended the steps and knocked at the door. This was the only sound heard. A man looked over the balcony on the roof, and disappeared. Presently the door opened, and he went in. In a short time it. was opened again, and Nelson, the king and queen, princes and princesses, members of the court, Sir William and Lady Hamilton, and servants, with all their treasures and valuables, very quietly got in the boats, and at a given signal silently left the shore. Soon they and their treasures were safely on board the fleet, no one in Naples knowing anything about. it. However, the news soon spread, that the king and the court were all safely on board the British fleet., and the bay was soon covered with boats coming with deputation` from all classes in Naples, to ask him to return and put himself at. their head, and they would shed the last drop of

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