I \ .. " 138 The Hiflorrof Q!teen ES TB~~ ( His vifage muffled in a mournful vale.) · And told h\s wife thi~ melancholy tale; Whereat amaoz.'d, and frartled at the news, Defpairing, thus fhe fpa~~: 'If from the Jews · ' This Mordecai qerive his happy line, 'Hi~ be the palm ~f vid:ory, not thine :. . .. • The,pigheft he~ens have frill confpir'd toblefs 'Tharfaithful feed, and witha fair fuccefs . 'Have cr<ilwn"dtheir jufldefigns : If Mordec ai · 'Defcend·from thence~ thy hopes !hall foon d~cay, ' And melt, like wax before the mid-day Sun. So faid, her broken fpe~ch not fully done, Haman was hafted tO <llte~n e!fers Fcaff, . Tomirth and joy, an inqifpofed Gue~ · :Meditat. 13~ THere's nothing under Heaven m~re glorHies The name of King, or in a SubJetb eyes Wins more obfervance, or true loyalty, . Than facred Juftice !hated equally: No greater glory can belong to Mighr, , Than to defend the feeble in their right , · To help the hdplefs, and their wrongs red,tefs; · To cttrb rhe haughty-hearted, and fuppre[s The proud ; requiting ev~ry fpecial deed ~ ' Witlt p~niOm1enr, or honorable meed : Herein King~ aptly may defcrvc the name Of ~ods, en!hrinoo in att earrhly frame ; N 0r can thy any way approach more nigh The full perfection of a. Deity, 1"ha~ 1;y true Juftice, imitating Heaven In nothing more, than in the poyzing evert • Their ri~htcous hallance: Juilce is not bLne1, As Poets feiri ~ but,·with a fight retin'd, . ,, ' . J.ier
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