True Wit and Sense received Allegiance due,

Our King of Poets had his Tribute pay’d,

His Peers secured beneath his Laurel’s shade.

What Crimes have they committed, they must be

Driven to the last and worst Extremity?

Oh, let it not be said of English Men,

Who have to Wit so just and noble been,

They should their Loyal Principles recant,

And let the glorious Monarch of it want.

[Notes on the Text.]