For what is he they follow? Truly, gentlemen,
A bloody tyrant and a homicide;
One raised in blood and one in blood established;
One that made means to come by what he hath,
And slaughtered those that were the means to help him;
A base foul stone, made precious by the foil
Of England's chair, where he is falsely set;
One that hath ever been God's enemy.
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profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
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Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each
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His demand
Springs not from Edward's well-meant honest love,
Bur from deceit, bred by necessity;
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His demand
Springs not from Edward's well-meant honest love,
Bur from deceit, bred by necessity;
For how can tyrants safely govern home
Unless abroad they purchase great alliance?
Men are still men. The despot's wickedness
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Men are still men. The despot's wickedness
Comes of ill teaching, and of power's excess,--
Comes of the purple he from childhood wears,
Slaves would be tyrants if the chance were theirs.
