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40. Upon a good King, and vertuous Subjects.
The Kingdom is a Man; the King's his Head:Subjects as Members, to it fastened;
Make the Compositum. Who knows what smart,
'Tis for a King, with one of's Limbs, to part?
The King's requited; for by filial dread:
No single Subject, but adores his Head.
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