"King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a crowne; He held them sixpence all too deere, Therefore he call'd the taylor lowne."
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Thomas Percy, Reliques, Take Thy Old Cloak About Thee, Stanza 7; quoted in Othello, Act II, scene 2.
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