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Whoso upon himself will take the skill True justice unto people to divide, Has need have mighty hands for to fulfil That which he doth with righteous doom decide, And for to maister wrong and puissant pride; For vain it is to deem of things aright, And make wrong doers justice to deride, Unless it be performed with dreadless might; For power is the right hand of justice truly hight.
Whoso upon himself will take the skill True justice unto people to divide, Has need have mighty hands for to fulfil That which he doth with righteous doom decide, And for to maister wrong and puissant pride; For vain it is to deem of things aright, And make wrong doers justice to deride, Unless it be performed with dreadless might; For power is the right hand of justice truly hight.
Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance
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- Edmund Spenser
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- Approximate author period: c. 1576 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 339 · printed citation: Spenser · subject: JUSTICE
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