Date: 1696

"Tho' she be / A Slave, her Mind is free, and shou'd consent."

— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)

Date: 1696

"Nay, then it must be she: it is Imoinda: My Heart confesses her, and leaps for joy, / To welcome her to her own Empire here."

— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)

Date: 1696

"Here I reign / In full delights, in Joys to Pow'r unknown; / Your Love my Empire, and your Heart my Throne."

— Southerne, Thomas (1659-1746)

Date: 1717

"My Friend, does she not rule thy Soul?"

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1717

"She does! she does! my charming Queen reigns here, / Triumphant in her native Throne, my Heart."

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1717

"Against my self my rebel Passions arm; / They bound within my Breast to meet this Victor."

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1717

"Were not my Mind enslav'd, were that but free, / How could I brave my Chains?"

— Manley, Delarivier (c. 1670-1724)

Date: 1723, 1740

"My Sister weeping! Tho' her Reason governs, / I judge her Grief for Cassius, by my own."

— Sheffield, John, first duke of Buckingham and Normanby (1647-1721)