I am commanded by the King to be brief, and since I am the King's obedient subject, brief...
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Sir Thomas More:
[talking to the witnesses for his execution]
I am commanded by the King to be brief, and since I am the King's obedient subject, brief I will be. I die his Majesty's good servant but God's first.
[to the executioner]
Sir Thomas More:
I forgive you right readily.
[he gives him a coin]
Sir Thomas More:
Be not afraid of your office; you send me to God.
Archbishop Cranmer:
You're very sure of that, Sir Thomas?
Sir Thomas More:
He will not refuse one who is so blithe to go to him.
[he kneels and puts his head on the chopping block]
Narrator:
Thomas More's head was stuck on Traitors' Gate for a month, then his daughter, Margaret, removed it and kept it till her death. Cromwell was beheaded for high treason five years after More. The archbishop was burned at the stake. The Duke of Norfolk should have been executed for high treason, but the king died of syphilis the night before. Richard Rich became chancellor of England and died in his bed.
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Let us consider now the circumstances of the prisoner's silence
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The oath was put to loyal subjects all over the country who all declared
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His Grace's title to be just and good
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But when it came to the prisoner he refused
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He calls this silence
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Yet is there a man in this court
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Is there a man in this country
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who does not know Sir Thomas More's opinion of this title
Clip duration: 33 seconds
Views: 317
Timestamp in movie: 01h 47m 59s
Uploaded: 31 October, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, history
Summary: The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
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