Note 106 — CHARLES II[105]
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The profligate earl, of whom the best-known anecdote is that he once pinned to the door of the King's chamber the following quatrain:
"Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on: He never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one."
It is recorded of the King that, when he saw these lines he remarked that they were quite true, inasmuch as his words were his own and his acts were those of his ministers.