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traitor (n.)

  An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 8.

This principle is old, but true as fate,—

Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.

Thomas Dekker (1572-1632): The Honest Whore. Part i. Act iv. Sc. 4.