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Where Men, for this, assault a Throne,
Each adds the common Welfare to his own;
And each unconquer'd Heart the Strength of All acquires.

VI. 2.

Say, was it thus, when late we view'd

Our Fields in civil Blood imbrued?
When Fortune crown'd the barbarous Host,
And half the astonish'd Isle was lost?
Did One of all that vaunting Train,
Who dare to curse a peaceful Reign,
Durst One in Arms appear?
Durst One in Counsels pledge his Life?
Stake his luxurious Fortunes in the Strife?
Or lend his boasted Name his vagrant Friends to chear?

VI. 3.