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This Maxim still

Shall be my Guide {A Prince can do no ill!) In spight of Slaves, bis Genius let bim trust ; For Heav'n ne'er mado a King, but made bim just.

(Banks, Vertue Betray'i. 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 my life, my heart^ as he does pounds from my now happy store, should I not frcely bleed ? Strong in my zeal beyond Mortality, with my own hands, l 'd crush the trembling Lump, untill the Noble Loyal Debt was paid. » (D*Urfey, The Royalisty acte V, se. 1.)

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