Hush´ai

(2 syl. ), in Dryden’s satire of Absalom and Achitophel , is Hyde, earle of Rochester. As Hushai was David’s friend and wise counsellor, so was Hyde the friend and wise counsellor of Charles II. As the counsel of Hushai rendered abortive that of Achitophel, and caused the plot of Absalom to miscarry, so the counsel of Hyde rendered abortive that of Lord Shaftesbury, and caused the plot of Mon mouth to miscarry. Hushai, the friend of David in distre ; In public storms of manly steadfastne ; By foreign treaties he informed his youth, And joined experience to his native truth. Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel , I. (1681).