A cat may look upon a king

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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
"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.

Pages

Henry 6. AND Edward 4.

WEre two men, born as it were, for ruine, blood and misery to this kingdome; whose lives and actions no man can read with patience: That

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so much treasure and so many mens lives should be spent and lost, to maintain the ambition, luxury, pride and tyranny of but two men, in so many set-battels fought in the bowels of this kingdom. Henry was stab'd with a dagger by the Duke of Glocester in the Tower. Edward died at Westminster and left behind him two bastards, and a miserable Whore Jane Shore.

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