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This quote appears as Dryden introduces Corah, Achitophel’s most important supporter. This passage lends insight into the Popish Plot, which occurred during Dryden’s own time and serves as the main inspiration for “Absalom and Achitophel.” Corah engineers the plot that helps to discredit David and sow anti-Jebusite hysteria throughout Israel, and because he is a “Levite,” or a High Priest, he is given more credit than perhaps he deserves. Corah wears the “church vermilion,” the bright scarlet gown of a priest, but he is anything but holy. His plot is full of lies, but because Corah is so respected, no…