{ Unmasked rebellion, and audacious force;

Which, though not actual, yet all eyes may see,

'Tis working in the immediate power to be;

For from pretended grievances they rise,

First to dislike, and after to despise;

Then, cyclop-like, in human flesh to deal,

Chop up a minister at every meal;

Perhaps not wholly to melt down the king,

But clip his regal rights within the ring,[499]

From thence to assume the power of peace and war,