History & Politics
The king of France, and four thousand men
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
History & Politics
The king of France, and four thousand men,
They drew their swords, and put them up again.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Historical. [From MS. Sloane, 1489, fol. 19, written in the time of Charles I.]
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