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Sir Thomas More is England鈥檚 Lord Chancellor, a high-ranking government position under King Henry VIII. More has a strict code of morality and respect for the law, both of which guide everything he does. King Henry has enacted a series of self-serving reforms designed to secure his divorce from Catherine of Aragon: he severed England from the Roman Catholic Church and asserted his supreme authority over the Church of England. Staunchly opposed to Henry鈥檚 divorce and even more aghast at Henry鈥檚
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Start: More: Howard! I can鈥檛 get home. They won鈥檛 bring me a boat. Norfolk: Do you blame them? More: Is it as bad as that?
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End: More: Because as you stand, you'll go before your Maker in a very ill condition! Norfolk: Now steady, Thomas. More: And he'll have to think that somewhere back along your pedigree-a bitch got over the wall!
Robert Bolt, A Man For All Seasons, 1960, pp. 45-47.
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