Had made the King his Loyal Subjects fear;
Did their good Prince with causeless terrour fright,
As if these meant to rob him of his Right.
Said, They with other Rebels did combine,
And had against his Crown some ill designe:
That the wise _Hushai_ laid a wicked Train,
And _Azaria_ sought in's stead to reign:
That the old Plot to ruine Church and State,
Was born from _Hushai_'s and the _Levite_'s Pate:
That _Pharisees_ were bold and numerous grown,
And sought to place their Elders in his Throne.
No wonder then if _Amazia_ thought
These Loyal Worthies did not as they ought;
That they did Duty and Obedience want,
And no Concessions from the Throne would grant.

They who in _Amazia_'s favour grew,
Themselves obnoxious to the People knew.
Some were accused by the _Sanhedrim_,
Most Friends and Allies to _Eliakim_:
For his Succession eagerly they strove,
And him, the rising Sun, adore and love.
When _Doeg_, who with _Egypt_ did combine,
And to enslave _Judea_ did designe,
Accus'd of Treason by the _Sanhedrim_,
Kept in the Tower of _Jerusalem_;
The Object prov'd of fickle Fortunes sport,
And lost the Honours he possest at Court.
_Elam_ in favour grew, out stript by none,
And seem'd a Prop to _Amazia_'s Throne.