Note 383 — EPILOGUE TO CONSTANTINE THE GREAT. BY MR N. LEE, 1684.
Reading edition
Alluding to the gratulating speech of Orator Higgins to Clause, when elected King of the Beggars:
Who is he here that did not wish thee chosen, Now thou art chosen? Ask them; all will say so, Nay, swear't—'tis for the king,—but let that pass. Beggars' Bush, Act II. Scene I.