Tis better using France than trusting France; Let us be back'd with God, and with the seas, Which He hath given for fence impregnable, And with their helps only defend ourselves; In them, and in ourselves, our safety lies.
William Shakespeare (1830). “The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens ...”, p.73