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[a crowd of wretched souls]

a crowd of wretched souls
That stay his cure: their malady convinces
The great essay of art; but at his touch,
Such sanctity hath Heaven given his hand,
They presently amend,

as the “Doctor” in Macbeth hath it. This

useful property of the royal hand could, it appears, be transmitted along with other crown properties; for according to “Malcolm,”