...questioned. Richard's divine interpretation of kingship - 'for every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed / To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown, / God...his Richard hath in heavenly pay / A glorious angel' (III. ii. 54-7) - is undermined by Bolingbroke's more meritocratic definition. When Richard is no longer...

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...succession, the fact that kingship never dies. Its sacred character had long been celebrated on the stage. 'Not all the water in the rough rude sea can wash the balm from an anointed king.' He is 'the deputy elected by the Lord', who cannot be deposed by weak human action, 'for heaven still...

...sometimes in the wonderful world of astrology, some things are always in the same place. Not a// t/je water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE When it comes to karmic astrology, it's always best to start in the beginning —...

...should be compromised, regardless of the causes that provoked his impending downfall. In his words, "Not all the water in the rough rude sea/ Can wash the balm off from an anointed king./ The breath of worldly men cannot depose/ The deputy elected by the Lord./...

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...divine derivation of his authority, which itself flows seamlessly into another deluded literalization. Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord;...

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