“Who to himself is law no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.”
Act II, scene i.
Bussy D'Ambois (1607)
“He that to nought aspires, doth nothing need;
Who breaks no law is subject to no king.”
The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois (1613), Act IV, scene i.
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