And she was fair as is the rose in May. - Geoffrey Chaucer

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There be as many persons of a king, as there be petty constables in his kingdom. And so there are, or else he cannot be obeyed. But I never said that a king, and every one of his persons, are the same substance.

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And she was fair as is the rose in May.

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