And he knew now that if he had called, if he had run down and hammered on that man's door to come up and take charge, to resume the authority he had Abdicated so short a time before, there would have been no answer.
"Command"
William McFee
After a brief set-back at the hands of Antigonus' son, Ptolemy made good his hold when the father was dead; and Cyprus also became definitely his in 294. His successor, in whose favour he Abdicated nine years later, completed the conquest of the mainland coasts right round the Levant at the expense of Seleucus' heir.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
Reproaching the Succession settled by Parliament, and reviving the Abdicated title of the late King James, and his supposed family, cannot tend to this Peace and Union.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto