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{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Vox Populi, vox Dei. The voice of the people, the voice of God. Walter Reynolds, Archbishop of Canterbury. Text of Sermon when Edward III ascended the throne, Feb. 1, 1327. (Called also De Reynel and Reginald.) See John Toland—Angelia Libera. Attributed also to Walter Mephan. See G. C. Lewis —Essay on Influence of Authority. P. 172. See Aphorismi Politici, (Simon given erroneously for Walter.) Collected by Lambertum Dan^um. Alluded to as an old proverb by William of Malmesbury—De Gestis Pont. Folio 114. (About 920) Hesiod—Works and Days. 763. ' | seealso = (See also {{sc|Alcuin) Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain? Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream; Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood— Thou many-headed monster thing, Oh, who would wish to be thy king? Scott—Lady of the Lake. Canto V. St. 30. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Daniel) Faith, there have been many great men that have flattered the people, who ne'er loved them; and there be many that they have loved, they know not wherefore; so that, if they love they know not why, they hate upon no better a ground. Corwlanvs. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 7. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Public | page = 648 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = He himself stuck not to call us the manyheaded multitude. Coriolanus. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 14. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Daniel}}, also {{sc|Scott}} under {{sc|Acting}}) | topic = Public | page = 648 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = The play, I remember, pleased not the million; 'twas caviare to the general. Hamlet. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 456. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Public | page = 648 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Was ever feather so lightly blown to and fro as this multitude? Henry VI. Pt. II. Act IV. Sc. 8. L. 57. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Public | page = 648 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Look, as I blow this feather from my face, And as the air blows it to me again, Obeying with my wind when I do blow, And yielding to another when it blows, Commanded always by the greater gust; Such is the lightness of you common men. Henry VI. Pt. III. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 85. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Public | page = 648 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Many-headed multitude. Sir Phild? Sidney—Arcadia. Bk. n. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Coriolanus, Daniel}}) | topic = Public | page = 648 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 22 | text = Laymen say, indeed, How they take no heed Their sely sheep to feed. But pluck away and pull The fleeces of their wool. | author = Skelton | work = Colin Clout. | note = Partly from {{sc|Walter Mapes}}—Apocalypse of Golias. | topic = Public | page = 648 }}