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Much less I counsel Kings to rest secure in the clear conscience of the men who show of humble pauper cloak the form of lure; Ambition haply lurketh rags below: And men in all things pious, just, and pure, often of worldly knowledge little know; for ill shall trustful Innocence take part in mundane matters, when God holds the heart.

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