The draw-bridge being held irreparable, _Trim_ was ordered directly to set about another------but not upon the same model: for cardinal _Alberoni's_ intrigues at that time being discovered, and my uncle _Toby_ rightly foreseeing that a flame would inevitably break out betwixt _Spain_ and the Empire, and that the operations of the ensuing campaign must in all likelihood be either in _Naples_ or _Sicily_----he determined upon an _Italian_ bridge--(my uncle _Toby_, by the bye, was not far out of his conjectures)----but my father, who was infinitely the better politician, and took the lead as far of my uncle _Toby_ in the cabinet, as my uncle _Toby_ took it of him in the field------convinced him, that if the king of _Spain_ and the Emperor went together by the ears, _England_ and _France_ and _Holland_ must, by force of their pre-engagements, all enter the lists too; ----and if so, he would say, the combatants, brother _Toby_, as sure as we are alive, will fall to it again, pell-mell, upon the old prizefighting stage of _Flanders_; --then what will you do with your _Italian_ bridge?

The draw-bridge being irreparable, Trim was ordered to start another - but not upon the same model: for my uncle Toby rightly foreseeing that warfare would break out betwixt Spain and the Empire, and that the campaign must in all likelihood be in Naples or Sicily, he determined upon an Italian bridge.
