A human head louse, which Ferdinand was familiar with.
Even in the imagined-good old days, the phrase "uneasy lies the head that wears a crown" could mean simply that the king had head lice. A medical case report tells in detail the scalpy woes of Ferdinand II of Aragon.
Ferdinand, who became king of Naples, crawled or trod the Earth during the years 1467 to 1496. Head lice crawled or trod the king's scalp, still, for a time after that.
The mummified remains of the entire community of
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