This Maxim still

Shall be niy Guide (.A Prince can do no ill!) In spight of Slaves, his Genius let him trust ; For Heav'n ne'er raade a King, but raade him just.

(Banks, Vertue Betray'd. Ce sont les derniers vers de la pièce, dits par le roi.)

3. Sir Charles Kinglove : « Oh, did he want as many drops of blood from the dear Centre of niy life, my heart, as he does pounds from my iiow happy store, should I not freely bleed ? Strong in my zeal beyond Mortality, with my own hands, I 'd cnish the trembling Lump, untill the Noble Loyal Debt was paid. « (D'Urfey, The Royalist, acte V, se. 1.)