"[T]he desire of bearing sovereign rule and authority respecteth neither blood nor amity, nor caring for virtue, as being wholly without respect of laws, or majesty divine; for it is not possible that he which invadeth the country and taketh away the riches of another man without cause or reason should know or fear God."
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The Hystorie of Hamblet, Prince of Denmarke (London: Richard Bradocke for Thomas Pavier, 1608) ch. 1. Edited by David Bevington for the Internet Shakespeare Editions (*)
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