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Come, now! A great lord once upon a timeVisited—oh a king, of kings the prime,
To sign a treaty such as never was:
For the king's minister had brought to pass
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Two of his dukedoms as an heritage
After his death to this exorbitant
Craver of kingship. “Let who lacks go scant,
Who owns much, give the more to!” Why rebuke?
So bids the devil, so obeys the duke.
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