Gleanings, or, A collection of some memorable passages, both antient and moderne many in relation to the late warre.

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Title
Gleanings, or, A collection of some memorable passages, both antient and moderne many in relation to the late warre.
Author
Grove, Robert, 1634-1696.
Publication
London :: Printed by R. I., and to bee sold by William Raybould ...,
1651.
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Aphorisms and apothegms.
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"Gleanings, or, A collection of some memorable passages, both antient and moderne many in relation to the late warre." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A42258.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

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But three Kings in Christendome.

Maximilian the Emperour was wont to say, that there were but three Kings in his time; first, the King of Spaine, who was a King of men, because he used his Subjects as men, not like beasts: Secondly, the King of France, who was King of Asses, for the immoderate

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exactions hee took of them: And thirdly, himselfe, who was a King of Kings, because his people would doe what they listed.

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