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This Maxim still

Shall be my Guide (A Prince can do no illl) In spigbt of Slaves, bis Genius Ict bim trust ; For Hcav'n nc'er mado a King, but made bim just.

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

3. Sir Charles Kinglovc : « Oh, did he want as many drops of blood from the dear Centre of my lifc, my heart, as he does pounds from my now happy store, should I not frcely bleed ? Strong in my zenl beyond Mortality, with my own hands, 1 'd crush the trembling Lump, untill tbe Noble Loyal Debt waspaid. » (D'Urfey, The Royalisty acte V, se. 1.)

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