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A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.
A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.
 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 
intendest thou to kill me, as read more 
 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? 
intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedest the Egyptian? And 
Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. 
 St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France.
 Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense."  
 St. George he was for England; St. Dennis was for France.
 Sing, "Honi soit qui mal y pense." 
 There's such divinity doth hedge a king
 That treason can but peep to what it would,
  Acts read more 
 There's such divinity doth hedge a king
 That treason can but peep to what it would,
  Acts little of his will. 
The King is dead! Long live the King!
The King is dead! Long live the King!
 God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine,
 For on his throne his sceptre do they sway;
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 God gives not kings the stile of Gods in vaine,
 For on his throne his sceptre do they sway;
  And as their subjects ought them to obey,
   So kings should feare and serve their God againe. 
 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom 
there is no help.  
 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom 
there is no help. 
 What is a king? a man condemn'd to bear
 The public burthen of the nation's care.  
 What is a king? a man condemn'd to bear
 The public burthen of the nation's care. 
 On the king's gate the moss grew gray;
 The king came not. They call'd him dead;
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 On the king's gate the moss grew gray;
 The king came not. They call'd him dead;
  And made his eldest son, one day,
   Slave in his father's stead.