But Princes then appear the most divine,
When they with unexpected Mercy Shine.
Just as the Fatal Ax attempts the Stroke,
Pardon steps in and does the Blow Revoke
Figure 16.
In this Curs’d Powder-plot we plainly see
The Quintessence of Romish Cruelty
King Lords and Commons at one Hellish Blast
Had been destroy’d, and half our Land laid wast,
See Faux with his dark Lanthorn ready stands