Que son mérite est extrême!
Que de grâces, que de grandeur!
Ah! combien monseigneur
Doit être content de lui-même!
Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced,...
And for distinction serve
Of hierarchies, of order, and degree,
Or in their glittering tissues bear emblazed
Holy memorials, acts of zeal and love
Recorded eminent.....
To him shall bow
All knees in Heaven; him who disobeys
Me disobeys....
All seem'd well pleased; all seem'd, but were not all.
That day, as other solemn days, they spent
In song and dance about the sacred hill....
Forthwith from dance to sweet repast they turn
Desirous; all in circles as they stood
Tables are set.
(Liv. V.)
[524]: Dieu est si bien rabaissé jusqu'à la condition de roi et d'homme, qu'il dit (à la vérité ironiquement) des vers comme ceux-ci:
«Lest unawary we lose
This place, our sanctuary, our hill.»
Son fils, un jeune chevalier qui va faire ses premières armes, lui répond:
If I be found the worst in heaven, etc.
O argument blasphemous, and proud.