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To further this, Achitophel unites The malcontents of all the Israelites, Whose differing parties he could wisely join For several ends to serve the same design; The best (and of the princes some were such) Who thought the power of monarchy too much; Mistaken men and patriots in their hearts, Not wicked, but seduced by impious arts; By these the springs of property were bent, And wound so high they crack'd the government.

(Dryden: Absalom and Achitophel, I.)