 Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues : be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's : then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell ! Thou fall'st a blessed martyr.  King Henry VIII. Coriolanus - Page 92by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
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...thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the king. And prithee lead me in, 450 There take an inventory of all I have To the last...now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age 457 Have left me naked... | |
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...thou fall'st, O Cromwell! Thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the King; And — prithee, lead me in: There take an inventory of all I have, To the last...half the zeal I serv'd my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. Without service to God, true service to the King is itself... | |
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...Thomas More. But Wolsey's speech to Cromwell continues: My robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all 1 dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had...half the zeal I serv'd my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. (3.3.452-47, emphasis added) Wolsey's open admission of his... | |
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 | William Henry Thorne - 1902
...fall'st, O Cromwell, thou fall'st a blessed martyr. Serve the king : and, — Pr'ythee lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, to the last...half the zeal I serv'd my king, he would not in mine age, have left me naked to mine enemies." But the infinite pity of it all is, that able men educated... | |
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