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Heads or Tails

           Andbythesoundestcommentatorsthishaseverbeenheldacogentargumentinsuchmatters.

           ButwhyshouldtheKinghavethehead,andtheQueenthetail?Areasonforthat,yelawyers!

           Inhistreatiseon"Queen-Gold,"orQueen-pin-money,anoldKing’sBenchauthor,oneWilliamPrynne,thusdiscourseth:"YetailisyeQueen’s,thatyeQueen’swardrobemaybesuppliedwithyewhalebone."NowthiswaswrittenatatimewhentheblacklimberboneoftheGreenlandorRightwhalewaslargelyusedinladies’bodices.Butthissameboneisnotinthetail;itisinthehead,whichisasadmistakeforasagaciouslawyerlikePrynne.ButistheQueenamermaid,tobepresentedwithatail?Anallegoricalmeaningmaylurkhere.

           TherearetworoyalfishsostyledbytheEnglishlawwritersthewhaleandthesturgeon;bothroyalpropertyundercertainlimitations,andnominallysupplyingthetenthbranchofthecrown’sordinaryrevenue.Iknownotthatanyotherauthorhashintedofthematter;butbyinferenceitseemstomethatthesturgeonmustbedividedinthesamewayasthewhale,theKingreceivingthehighlydenseandelasticheadpeculiartothatfish,which,symbolicallyregarded,maypossiblybehumorouslygroundeduponsomepresumedcongeniality.Andthusthereseemsareasoninallthings,eveninlaw.

           

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