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Tliii Maxim still

Shall bo my Guide {A Prince can do no illl) In spi^ht of Slaves, his Genius lot him trust ; For Hçav'n nc'er mado a King. but mado him just.

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

3. Sir Charles Kinglove : « Oh» did he wanl as many drops of blood from the dcar Centre of my lifc» my heart, as hc does pounds from my now happy store, should I not frcely bleed ? Strong in my zeal beyond Mortalily, witli my own hands, i 'd crush the trcmbling Lump, untill the Noble Loyal Debt was paid. » (D'Urfey, The Rotjalisty acte V, se. 1.)

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