...summons, monarchs must obey. 127 Nichols, aaO, S. 95f. und S. 98-100. This Flecknoe found, who like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed...without dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute.128 Flecknoe schneidet nicht nur in diesen Zeilen, sondern auch in der Literaturkritik eher...

...summons, monarchs must obey: Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long: In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute Through all the realms of Non-sense,...absolute. This aged prince now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession...