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Quote 4. Mankind has never been so happy, as when the greatest part of the then known world was under the dominion of a single master. Meaning. The narrator muses on the stability of the gypsy people, attributing it to their absolute monarchy. There is a political subtext here - England should have an all-powerful king. Of course, Fielding is not naive, and he later explains how a good king must have several important virtues, which offers a cynical contradiction, since few if any people possess all the virtues he lists. Nevertheless, he does believe a monarchy better to his contemporary political system.