Roger L'Estrange

“ The Nightingale in the Foot of the Hawk, is the Case of many an Innocent Creature in the Hands of Justice, when the very Equity of the Law Bends under the Weight of an Over-ruling Rigour. The Belly has no Ears, and so there’s no Charming of it. Arguments against Power, are but Wind, when Reason draws One way, and Appetite Another. ”

“ There’s no Moving of any Creature contrary to the Nature of it, Hang ‘em All up (says a Pleasant Droll, upon Venners Rifing) they are not Worth the Begging. 'Tis a piece of State-Policy sometimes, to let the Poor and the Friendless go to Pot ”