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 That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental 
principle of the English constitution.  
 That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental 
principle of the English constitution. 
 Why, our battalia trebles that account:
 Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,
  Which they read more 
 Why, our battalia trebles that account:
 Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,
  Which they upon the adverse faction want. 
 Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is 
his own.  
 Every subject's duty is the king's, but every subject's soul is 
his own. 
 Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
 [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
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 Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch.
 [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque
  Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.] 
The King is dead! Long live the King!
The King is dead! Long live the King!
Now let us sing, long live the king.
Now let us sing, long live the king.
 'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law
 To a very magnificent three-tailed bashaw.  
 'Tis a very fine thing to be father-in-law
 To a very magnificent three-tailed bashaw. 
 At length her grace rose and with modest paces
 Came to the altar, where she kneeled, and saint-like
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 At length her grace rose and with modest paces
 Came to the altar, where she kneeled, and saint-like
  Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly;
   Then rose again and bowed her to the people;
    When by the Archbishop of Canterbury
     She had all the royal makings of a queen,
      As holy oil, Edward Confessor's crown,
       The rod, and bird of peace, and all such emblems
        Laid nobly on her; which performed, the choir
         With all the choicest music of the kingdom
          Together sung 'Te Deum.' So she parted
           And with the same full state packed back again
            To York Place, where the feast is held. 
 His fair large front and eye sublime declared
 Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
  Round from his parted read more 
 His fair large front and eye sublime declared
 Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
  Round from his parted forelock manly hung
   Clustering but not beneath his shoulders broad.