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 That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an 
excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in read more 
 That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an 
excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a more gracious 
form than under a pious king.
 [Lat., Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet
  Servitutem. Nunquam libertas gratior extat
   Quam sub rege pio.] 
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
 Many a crown
 Covers bald foreheads.  
 Many a crown
 Covers bald foreheads. 
 A substitute shines brightly as a king
 Until a king be by, and then his state
  Empties read more 
 A substitute shines brightly as a king
 Until a king be by, and then his state
  Empties itself, as dot an inland brook
   Into the main of waters. 
 Hener was the hero-king,
 Heaven-born, dear to us,
  Showing his shield
   A shelter for read more 
 Hener was the hero-king,
 Heaven-born, dear to us,
  Showing his shield
   A shelter for peace. 
 In good King Charles's golden days
 When royalty no harm meant,
  A zealous high-churchman was I,
 read more 
 In good King Charles's golden days
 When royalty no harm meant,
  A zealous high-churchman was I,
   And so I got preferment. 
 Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men 
claiming and bearing them.  
 Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men 
claiming and bearing them. 
 Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil 
times; and which have much veneratoin, but no read more 
 Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil 
times; and which have much veneratoin, but no rest.