All shall have right, and we our sovereign power. 790 He said, the attendants heard with awful joy, And glad presages their fix'd thoughts employ; From Hebron now the suffering heir return'd, A realm that long with civil discord mourn'd; Till his approach, like some arriving God, Composed and heal'd the place of his abode; The deluge check'd that to Judea spread, And stopp'd sedition at the fountain's head. Thus, in forgiving, David's paths he drives, And, chased from Israel, Israel's peace contrives. 800 The field confess'd his power in arms before, And seas proclaim'd his triumphs to the shore; As nobly has his sway in Hebron shown, How fit to inherit godlike David's throne. Through Sion's streets his glad arrival's spread, And conscious faction shrinks her snaky head; His train their sufferings think o'erpaid to see The crowd's applause with virtue once agree. Success charms all, but zeal for worth distress'd, A virtue proper to the brave and best; 810 'Mongst whom was Jothran--Jothran always bent To serve the crown, and loyal by descent; Whose constancy so firm, and conduct just, Deserved at once two royal masters' trust; Who Tyre's proud arms had manfully withstood On seas, and gather'd laurels from the flood; Of learning yet no portion was denied, Friend to the Muses and the Muses' pride. Nor can Benaiah's worth forgotten lie, Of steady soul when public storms were high; 820 Whose conduct, while the Moor fierce onsets made, Secured at once our honour and our trade. Such were the chiefs who most his sufferings mourn'd, And view'd with silent joy the prince return'd; While those that sought his absence to betray, Press first their nauseous false respects to pay; Him still the officious hypocrites molest, And with malicious duty break his rest.