Sentence:  [F]or "Empire" and "Greatneſs" it importeth moſt, that a Nation do profeſs Arms as their principal Honour, Study and Occupation: ... The Fabrick of the "State of Sparta" was wholly (though not wiſely) framed and compoſed to that Scope and End. The "Perſians" and "Macedonians" had it for a <WSD>flaſh</WSD>. The "Gaul 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A very short amount of time.