The Cardinal's line in Act II, scene II, was more fully:
True, This! —
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold
The arch-enchanters wand! — itself a nothing! —
But taking sorcery from the master-hand
To paralyse the Cæsars, and to strike
The loud earth breathless! — Take away the sword —
States can be saved without it!
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The text below the image, also drawn from Act II of this play says
"With this I at Rochelle did hand to hand engage the stalwart Englisher."
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I'm in the middle of reading the "Testament Politique," and after reading the full "pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword" line, think the author of the play did his homework.
And I don't know if you noticed, but in the drawing, the artist rendered Richelieu's Order of the Holy Spirit as a Tudor Rose.
http://leblogdeleminencerouge.blogspot.com/search?q=esprit
shows all about the Saint Esprit. Tudor rose was based on a pentangle not a maltese cross. Well spotted.
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