"All the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't put Humpty together again." I see the first part of the problem here was involving horses in a medical procedure.
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It's not horses, it's the "King's Horse" and the "King's men", meaning the cavalry (King's horse) and Foot soldiers "King's men". Humpty wasn't an egg, either. He was probably a fat, procrastinating aristocrat or perhaps a cannon used in the defence of Colchester against the siege mounted by Cromwell's Roundheads against the forces of King Charles first. (it was taken!)
All political satire in olden times had to be disguised as children's rhymes to avoid being imprisoned or even executed - a law which the present US government would like to emulate.
Petter
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Aug 14, 2018
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And...no antibiotics back then, a Huge problem!
AnneWimsey
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Aug 4, 2018
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He most likely was not a free range egg anyway.
@Marine excellent point! I feel so relieved!
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