Even thou hadst praised the fact. His father slain,
Thou call'dst but gently breathing of a vein.
}
{ Impious and villainous, to bless the blow
{ That laid at once three lofty nations low,
{ And gave the royal cause a fatal overthrow!
Another witling, to add to the heinousness of this expression, assures us, that Dryden had at first declared for the king, then for the parliament, and, finally, for Cromwell:
I for the Royal Martyr first declared,
But, ere his head was off, I was prepared
To own the Rump, and for that cause did rhime;