Brewer's: Arod

in the satire of Absalom and Achitopel, by Dryden and Tate, is designed for Sir William Waller.

But in the sacred annals of our plot Industrious Arod never be forgot, The labours of this midnight magistrate May vie with Corah [Titus Oates] to preserve the state.

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Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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