Gustav Klimt two girls with an oleander Painting

Gustav Klimt two girls with an oleander Painting
whereat De Courcy, kneeling, as I do now, made answerer, "This, then, I ask, my liege; that I and my successors may have and hold the privilege of remaining covered in the presence of the kings of England, henceforth while the throne shall last." The boon was granted, as your majesty knoweth; and there hath been no time, these four hundred years, that that line has failed of an heir; and so, even unto this day, the head of that ancient house still weareth his hat or helm before the king's majesty, without let or hindrance
and this none other may do. Invoking this precedent in aid of my prayer, I beseech the king to grant to me but this one grace and privilege-to my more than sufficient reward-and none other, to wit: that I and my heirs, forever, may sit in the presence of the majesty of England!"
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