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Sir: Julius Caesar Act II Scene ii:
When beggars die, there are no comets
seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the
death of princes.
It was Hale-Bopp wot won it.
ANGUS HENDERSON
Cranleigh, Surrey
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