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On the death of Henry the fourth French King murdered.
Epigram. 139.
Though Kings are Gods, yet shal they die like men:(What shalbe, shalbe) but, most christian Kings
Haue dide like Beasts; nay, like Beasts most vnclean,
Sought but for slaughter, like pernitious Things!
Two Henries, Kings, most Christiē Kings of France,
(Now drown'd in their own bloud) this truth defend;
And though the last had eu'n predominance
Of Fates and Men, yet both haue wrought his end.
Once dryv'n to Diepe, by Fate (in deepe distresse)
He was; and thence by Fate brought back againe.
So, when he fled, his Fates bid Neptune reigne,
His Flight, that so he might both liue and die
In Purple; fatall, to French-Maiesty!
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