He stood at bold defiance with his Prince,
Held up the buckler of the people's cause
Against the Crown, and skulked behind the laws.
The wished occasion of the Plot[16] he takes;
Some circumstances finds, but more he makes;
By buzzing emissaries fills the ears
Of listening crowds with jealousies and fear
Of arbitrary counsels brought to light,
And proves the King himself a Jebusite.[17]
Weak arguments! which yet he knew full well