 Long in his highness' favour, and do justice For truth's sake and his conscience; that his bones, When he has run his course and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans  King Henry VIII. Coriolanus - Page 89by William Shakespeare - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Allardyce Nicoll - Drama - 1958 - 248 pages
...who are now rising : Cromwell. ... Sir Thomas More is chosen Lord Chancellor in your place. Wolsey. That's somewhat sudden. But he's a learned man. May...course and sleeps in blessings, May have a tomb of orphans' tears wept on him ! What more? Cromwell. That Cranmer is return'd witli welcome, InstalTd... | |
 | Susannah Brietz Monta - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 262 pages
...Chancellor in his place and offers a blessing upon him: "May he continue / Long in his highness' favor, and do justice / For truth's sake and his conscience;...course and sleeps in blessings, / May have a tomb of orphans' tears wept on him" (395-9). 9 Wolsey's blessing rather optimistically assumes that "truth,"... | |
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