To whom the rest obedience paid:

Himself employ’d in holy cares;

Resign’d to others state-affairs.

He chas’d no starv’ling from his door, 300

Nor pinch’d the wages of the poor:

But at his house the hungry’s fed,

The hireling finds unmeasur’d bread,

The needy trav’ller board and bed.

Among the king’s great ministers, 305