 When this answer was brought, the king said in a great passion, " Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.  Bookseller's catalogues - Page 16by W. Gardiner - 1808 - 14 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 832 pages
...answer was reported to Henry, he exclaimed in his own brutal style, " Yea, is he yet so lusty ? Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will, mother of God ! he shall wear it on his shoulders then, for I will leave him never a head to set it on." Rich, the solicitor-general, was now employed... | |
 | 1865 - 854 pages
...Henry was informed of this, he exclaimed: ' Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders, then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.' His ruin was now certain. He was accused of high treason, and after a brief trial, was condemned, and... | |
 | Edward M. Pierce - 1867 - 1030 pages
...Tower. While in prison the pope made him a cardinal, which drew from the king the brutal remark, "Well, let the pope send him a hat when he will : mother of God ! he shall wear it on his shoulders then, for I will leave him never a head to set it on." After t twelvemonth of confinement, Fisher was... | |
 | 1868 - 878 pages
...Henry was informed of this, he exclaimed : ' Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders, then ; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.' His ruin was now certain. He was accused of high treason, and after a brief trial, was condemned, and... | |
 | 1868 - 856 pages
...Henry was informed of this, he exclaimed : ' Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders, then; for I will leave him never a head to set it on.' His ruin was now certain. He was accused of high treason, and after a brief trial, was condemned, and... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1874 - 1324 pages
...would accept the cardinal's hat, exclaimed : " Mother of God ! he shall wear it on his shoulders then, for I will leave him never a head to set it on ! " The aged bishop was at once condemned on the charge of denying the king's supremacy, and was beheaded.... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...worth and consistency by the gift of a cardinal's hat, which drew from Henry the brutal remark : 'Well, ct picture of a man? And is a man easier made by chance than his picture? How long might then, for I will leave him never a head to set it on ! ' The English writings of Bishop Fisher consist... | |
 | S. Hubert Burke - 1879 - 572 pages
...on hearing of Fisher's reply to his minister. " Yea," said he, " is the old man yet so lusty ? Well, let the Pope send him a hat when he will. Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders then, for I will leave him never a head to set it on."* Upon Dr. Fisher's arrest his private property... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pages
...cardinal's hat, which drew from Henry the brutal remark : ' Well, let the pope send him a hat wheu he will; mother of God! he shall wear it on his shoulders, then, for I will leave him never a head to set it on !' Tlie English, writings of Bishop Fisher consist... | |
 | Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange - 1880 - 336 pages
...hat, 1 which when Henry heard he exclaimed, " Mother of God ! he shall wear it on his shoulders then, for I will leave him never a head to set it on." His execution was immediately ordered, and he was beheaded a fortnight before More. But in contrast... | |
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