[Footnote 51: The description of Amalphi, by William the
Apulian, (l. iii. p. 267,) contains much truth and some
poetry, and the third line may be applied to the sailor's
compass: -
Nulla magis locuples argento, vestibus, auro Partibus
innumeris: hac plurimus urbe moratur Nauta maris Caelique
vias aperire peritus. Huc et Alexandri diversa feruntur ab
urbe Regis, et Antiochi. Gens haec freta plurima transit.
His Arabes, Indi, Siculi nascuntur et Afri. Haec gens est
totum proore nobilitata per orbem, Et mercando forens, et
amans mercata referre.]