Were I a king (God bless me) I should hate My chaplains med… - John Byrom

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Were I a king (God bless me) I should hate My chaplains meddling with affairs of state; Nor would my subjects, I should think, be fond, Whenever theirs the Bible went beyond.

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John Byrom (29 February 1692 – 26 September 1763) was an English poet.

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