"The art of verse-making (should one be complaining) Is higher at least than the talent of reigning: We each boast a crown, both the monarch and poet, Yet kings but receive it, while authors bestow it."
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Reported in Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), no. 1284.
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Charles IX of France
1550 â 1574
Charles IX (Charles Maximilien; 27 June 1550 â 30 May 1574) was King of France from 1560 until his death in 1574. He ascended the French throne upon the death of his brother Francis II in 1560, and as such was the penultimate monarch of the House of Valois.
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