Vain the ambition of kings
Who seek by trophies and death things
To leave a living name behind,
And weave but nets to catch the wind.
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Original Citation
Webster, John. The Devil's Law Case. Performed by Richard Perkins. Queen Anne's Men, c. 1619, Phoenix Theatre, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 4.
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Current Citation
Webster, John. "The Devil's Law Case." The Works of John Webster: The Devil's Law-Case; A Cure for a Cuckold; Appius and Virginia, edited by David Gunby and David Carnegie and MacDonald P. Jackson. Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2007, act 5, sc. 4.
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