Are silly, woful, awkard Polititians,
They make lame Mischief tho' they mean it well.
So much the better, for 'tis a sign they are not beaten to the Trade. The next Lines are an Illustration taken from a Taylor.
Their Intrest is not finely drawn and hid,
But seams are coarsly bungled up and seen.p. 24.[213]
This Benducar was a rare Spokesman for a first Minister; And would have fitted John of Leyden most exactly!
In the Fourth Act the Mufti is Depos'd and Captain Tom reads him a shrewd Lecture at parting. But let that pass:
To go on, Mustapha threatens his great Patriark to put him to the Rack. Now you shall hear what an answer of Fortitude and Discretion is made for the Mufti.
Mufti. I hope you will not be so barbarous to torture me. We may Preach Suffering to others, but alas holy Flesh is too well pamper'd to endure Martyrdom.p. 96.[214] By the way, if flinching from Suffering is a proof of Holy Flesh, the Poet is much a Saint in his Constitution, witness his Dedication of King Arthur.
In Cleomenes, Cassandra rails against Religion at the Altar, and in the midst of a publick Solemnity.