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Literature | Kings have Long Hands Do not quarrel with a king, as his power and authority reach to the end of his dominions. The Latin proverb is, "An nescis longas regibus esse manus, " and the German, "Mit grossen herren es ist nicht gut kirschen zu essen " ("It is not good to eat cherries with great men, as they throw the stones in your eyes"). "There's such divinity doth hedge alking, That treason can but peep to what it would." Shakespeare: King in Hamlet, iv. 5. The books of the four kings. A pack of cards. "After supper were brought in the books of the four kings."- Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel, i. 22. The three kings of Cologne. The representatives of the three magi who came from the East to offer gifts to the infant Jesus. Tradition makes them three Eastern kings, and at Cologne the names ascribed to them are Kaspar, Melchior, and Balthazar. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 49 4E 47 53 48 41 56 45 4C 4F 4E 47 48 41 4E 44 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 01010011 00100000 01001000 01000001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01001100 01001111 01001110 01000111 00100000 01001000 01000001 01001110 01000100 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K I N G S   H A V E   L O N G   H A N D S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0049 004E 0047 0053 0048 0041 0056 0045 004C 004F 004E 0047 0048 0041 004E 0044 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)454348415324235563924649484124235483853 |
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