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 The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
 [The Royal Crown cures not the headache.]  
 The Royall Crowne cures not the head-ach.
 [The Royal Crown cures not the headache.] 
 And in the years he reigned; through all the country wide,
 There was no cause for weeping, save when read more 
 And in the years he reigned; through all the country wide,
 There was no cause for weeping, save when the good man died.
  [Fr., Ce n'est que lorsqu'il expira
   Que le peuple, qui l'enterra pleura.] 
 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. 
 Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
 But the immensest empire is too read more 
 Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
 But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings. 
 Broad-based upon her people's will,
 And compassed by the inviolate sea.  
 Broad-based upon her people's will,
 And compassed by the inviolate sea. 
 I loved no King since Forty One
 When Prelacy went down,
  A Cloak and Band I then read more 
 I loved no King since Forty One
 When Prelacy went down,
  A Cloak and Band I then put on,
   And preached against the Crown. 
 Yet looks he like a king. Behold, his eye,
 As bright as is the eagle's lightens forth
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 Yet looks he like a king. Behold, his eye,
 As bright as is the eagle's lightens forth
  Controlling majesty. 
 For God's sake let us sit upon the ground
 And tell sad stories of the death of kings!
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 For God's sake let us sit upon the ground
 And tell sad stories of the death of kings!
  How some have been deposed, some slain in war,
   Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
    Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed--
     All murdered; for within the hollow crown
      That rounds the mortal temples of a king
       Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits,
        Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp;
         Allowing him a breath, a little scene,
          To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks;
           Infusing him with self and vain conceit,
            As if this flesh which walls about our life
             Were brass impregnable; and humored thus,
              Comes at the last, and with a little pin
               Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!
                Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood
                 With solemn reverence, Throw away respect,
                  Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty;
                   For you have but mistook me all this while.
                    I live with bread like you, feel want, taste grief,
                     Need friends. Subjected thus, 
 The king reigns but does not govern.
 [Fr., Le roi regne, il ne gouverne pas.]  
 The king reigns but does not govern.
 [Fr., Le roi regne, il ne gouverne pas.]