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haps for that very Reaſon, not the true Inſcription. How can we reconcile it with the following Paſſage?
Nec fremere audebit
Leo, ſed violare timebit,
Omnia conſuetus
Populari Paſcua lætus.
Nor ſhall the Lion, wont of old to reign
Deſpotic o’er the deſolated Plain,
Henceforth th’ inviolable Bloom invade,
Or dare to murmur in the flow’ry Glade:
In which the Lion, that uſed at Pleaſure to lay the Paſtures waſte, is repreſented as not daring to touch the Lilies, or murmur at their Growth: The Lion, it is true, is one of the Supporters, of the Arms of England, and may therefore figure our Countrymen, who have in ancient Times made France a Deſert. But can it be ſaid, that the Lion dares not murmur or rage (for fremere may import both) when it is evident, that for many Years this whole Kingdom has murmured?
