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A Prince that loseth the Force and Example of his Punishments, loseth…

Quote byThomas Wentworth · 1593–1641

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to William Laud on the trial of William Prynne (18 October 1637), quoted in William Knowles, The Earl of Strafforde's Letters and Dispatches, With An Essay towards his Life, by Sir George Radcliffe. From the Originals in the Possession of his Great Grandson The Right Honourable Thomas, Earl o.

English (original)

A Prince that loseth the Force and Example of his Punishments, loseth withal the greatest Part of his Dominion.

— Thomas Wentworth

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