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PUISSANCE DES PRINCES.
O que semblable, & de pres approchante
Est aux grandz Dieux, et leur gloire puissante,
La Majesté des mondains Roys, & Princes,
En leurs Pays, Royaumes, & Provinces!
Es mains desquelz, par povoir absolut,
Des hommes gist la mort, ou le salut.
Car ŕ un mot, ou un signe qu’ilz mandent:
Incontinent est faict ce qu’ilz commandent.
Voyez icy un Roy, mortel, humain,
Portant coronne en teste, & sceptre en main,
En throne assis, & devant luy ses gens
D’armes garniz, tous prestz, & diligens
Luy obeyr. Devant sa majesté
Un autre homme est prisonnier presenté,
En grande paour la sentence attendant
De vie ou mort: du Prince dependant,
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Qui comme un Dieu le sauve, ou le consomme.
O combien vault un homme ŕ un autre homme.
O verité du proverbe, en ce lieu,
Ou il est dict que l’homme ŕ l’homme est Dieu.
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