“He that to nought aspires, doth nothing need;
Who breaks no law is subject to no king.”
George Chapman The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois (1613), Act IV, scene i.
“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)
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