The Life and Death of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Volume 1

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J. Tonson, and the rest of the proprietors; and sold, 1734 - 45 pages

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Page 3 - There's legions now of beggars on the earth, That their original did spring from kings; And many monarchs now, whose fathers were The riff-raff of their age : for time and fortune Wears out a noble train to beggary; And from the dunghill minions do advance To state and mark in this admiring world.

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