Henry 4.
SO true is that Distych translated out of Sueto∣nius:
Who first exil'd, and after crown'd,
A cat may look upon a king
About this Item
- Title
- A cat may look upon a king
- Author
- Weldon, Anthony, Sir, d. 1649?
- Publication
- London :: Printed for William Roybould, at the Unicorn in Pauls Church-yard,
- 1652.
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- Subject terms
- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Early works to 1800.
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- Cite this Item
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"A cat may look upon a king." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A96173.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2025.
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Page 19
His reign with blood will much abound.
For after he had murdered his Predecessor, nothing took up this Kings reigne but ruine and blood upon the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdome, with such unsufferable taxes as never were before, nor since.