There is a Machiavelian plot, (Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not)

the Gauls, who carried on the cross-channel trade between Gaul and Britain, were the inhabitants of the northern coast.

If a person shook hands with an antiperson, both would be annihilated in a shower of gamma ray greetings.

You don't want a girl like me, I'm too crazy / but every other girl you meet is fugazy