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Vast chain of Being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing. – On superior powers Were we to press, inferior might on ours: Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroyed : From Nature's chain whatever link you strike. Tenth or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike (I.8.237-46).
God → Angels Kings/Queens → Archbishops → Dukes/Duchesses → Bishops → Marquises/Marchionesses → Earls/Countesses → Viscounts/Viscountesses → Barons/Baronesses → Abbots/Deacons → Knights/Local Officials → Ladies-in-Waiting → Priests/Monks → Squires → Pages → Messengers → Merchants/Shopkeepers → Tradesmen → Yeomen Farmers → Soldiers/Town Watch → Household Servants → Tenant Farmers → Shepherds/Herders → Beggars → Actors → Thieves/Pirates → Gypsies Animals → Birds → Worms Plants Rocks
God → Angels Kings/Queens → Archbishops → Dukes/Duchesses → Bishops → Marquises/Marchionesses → Earls/Countesses → Viscounts/Viscountesses → Barons/Baronesses → Abbots/Deacons → Knights/Local Officials → Ladies-in-Waiting → Priests/Monks → Squires → Pages → Messengers → Merchants/Shopkeepers → Tradesmen → Yeomen Farmers → Soldiers/Town Watch → Household Servants → Tenant Farmers → Shepherds/Herders → Beggars → Actors → Thieves/Pirates → Gypsies Animals → Birds → Worms Plants Rocks