 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
 | Peter Hampson Ditchfield - 1895 - 290 pages
...and the Red Hat sealed his doom. " The Pope may send him a hat," said the ferocious monarch; "but, Mother of God, he shall wear it on his shoulders, for I will leave him never a head to set it on." He was charged with having " falsely, maliciously, and traitorously wished, willed, and desired, and... | |
 | James Richard Joy - 1898 - 330 pages
...Rochester, was beheaded for obedience Death of More and Fisher. SIR THOMAS MORE. his conscience (1535). a for I will leave him never a head to set it on." The dissolution of the monasteries, 1536. " The Pilgrimage of Grace," 1536. Cromwell was not content... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1898 - 958 pages
...Henry was informed of this, he exclaimed: "Mother of God! he shall w car 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... | |
 | 1899 - 232 pages
...answerto his royal master, who exclaimed in anger, " Well, let the Pope send him a hat when he will, he shall wear it on his shoulders, for I will leave him never a head to set it on." It is thus not unlikely that Fisher's elevation to the Cardinalate, intended by the Pope as a means... | |
 | JAMES S. OGILVY - 1910 - 550 pages
...VIII. with Anne Boleyn, the Pope sent him a Cardinal's hat. The King, hearing of this, said, " 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 ! " Fisher was executed on the 22nd June ; and... | |
 | 1919 - 854 pages
...reward his zealous adherent by giving him a cardinal's hat (May 1535). The king exclaimed in a passion, "Mother of God! he shall wear it on his shoulders, for I will leave him never a head to set it on." As no evidence against him existed sufficiently strong to affect his life, Henry employed crafty emissaries... | |
 | 1919 - 858 pages
...hat (May 1535). The king exclaimed in a passion, "Mother of God ! he shall wear it on his shou|ders, for I will leave him never a head to set it on." As no evidence against him existed sufficiently strong to affect his life, Henry employed crafty emissaries... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1911 - 928 pages
...reward his zealous adherent by giving him a cardinal's hat (May 1535). The king exclaimed in a passion, "Mother of God! he shall wear it on his shoulders, for I will leave him never a head to set it on." As no evidence against him existed sufficiently strong to affect his life, Henry employed crafty emissaries... | |
 | Walter Farquhar Hook - 1844 - 628 pages
...to the king by secretary Cromwell, Henry 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." The bishop's answer has been differently represented... | |
 | 1888 - 668 pages
...this reply was brought back the king flew into a great rage, saying, " 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." From this moment Henry seems to have determined... | |
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