Date: 1684

"The Will its easie Neck to Bondage gave, / And to the ruling Faculty became a Slave."

— Oldham, John (1653-1683)

Date: 1684

To do, perform; all wandring thoughts again; / No vulgar Act, Sense, Fancy where did Reign / Usurping Lords, to make them know Subjection; / Mount Reason on the Throne, wise circumspection.

— Harington, John (1627-1700)

Date: 1684

" Where Fancy, Passion much o'er-rule, and grown / Usurper like, Mount Princely Reason's Throne"

— Harington, John (1627-1700)

Date: 1684

"He liv'd withdrawn; Reserved, pensive Brest: / Yielding too far (unwares) to rising Passion, / Strong Fancy's pow'r, which in great Grief vexation / Do Lord it oft like Tyrants o're the Mind;"

— Harington, John (1627-1700)

Date: 1684

"Examine how your Humour is inclin'd, / And which the Ruling Passion of your Mind"

— Dillon, Wentworth, 4th Earl of Roscommon (1637-1685)

Date: 1685

A Partner of a king's sway may be "greater in the Empire of His Heart"

— Arwaker, Edmund (c.1655-1730)

Date: 1685

Words entring the narrow Gate of the ear "Through the Ears winding Turnpikes progress make, / And are conducted to the Intellect, / In decent order, have quick audience"

— Clark, William (fl. 1663-1685)

Date: 1685

From "the council of the common Sense" a message "As quick returns: for words are instantly / Dispatch'd in answer"

— Clark, William (fl. 1663-1685)

Date: 1685

One's " own Conscience / Tells him he's guilty, yet pleads innocence. / But what says all this to the case in hand?"

— Clark, William (fl. 1663-1685)

Date: 1685

"No, no, such practises I do detest, / I keep a constant Jury in my breast, / By which I'm hourly try'd, no allegation, / No fain'd excuse, no specious information, / No falshood, no corrupted evidence, / In that impartial Court of Conscience, / Will ever be receiv'd, at any rate, / From this sam...

— Clark, William (fl. 1663-1685)