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			 It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen,
 Unless the adage must be verified,
  That read more 
	 It needs not nor it boots thee not, proud queen,
 Unless the adage must be verified,
  That beggars mounted run their horse to death. 
		
 
	
			 Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
 [Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]  
	 Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
 [Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.] 
		
 
	
			 Beggars must be no choosers.  
	 Beggars must be no choosers. 
		
 
	
			 I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
 And the reason I'll tell you for why;
  A read more 
	 I'd just as soon a beggar as king,
 And the reason I'll tell you for why;
  A king cannot swagger, not drink like a beggar,
   Nor be half so happy as I.
    . . . .
     Let the back and side go bare. 
		
 
	
			 Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report 
sometimes he did "go from door to read more 
	 Homer himself must beg if he want means, and as by report 
sometimes he did "go from door to door and sing ballads, with a 
company of boys about him." 
		
 
	
			 I see, sir, you are liberal in offers.
 You taught me first to beg, and now methinks
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	 I see, sir, you are liberal in offers.
 You taught me first to beg, and now methinks
  You teach me how a beggar should be answered. 
		
 
	
			 Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer 
alight.  
	 Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer 
alight. 
		
 
	
			 Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
 [Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll outride read more 
	 Set a beggar on horseback, and he will ride a gallop.
 [Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll outride the Devil.] 
		
 
	
			 The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
 [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist
  Doch einzig read more 
	 The real beggar is indeed the true and only king.
 [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist
  Doch einzig und allein der wahre Konig.]