Reading The Famous History of the Life of King HENRY the Eight

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Wol.

I do professe

You speake not like your selfe: who euer yet

Haue stood to Charity, and displayd th'effects

Of disposition gentle, and of wisedome,

Ore‑topping womans powre. Madam, you do me wrong

I haue no Spleene against you, nor iniustice

For you, or any: how farre I haue proceeded,

Or how farre further (Shall) is warranted

By a Commission from the Consistorie,

Yea, the whole Consistorie of Rome. You charge me,

That I haue blowne this Coale: I do deny it,

The King is present: If it be knowne to him,

That I gainsay my Deed, how may he wound,

And worthily my Falsehood, yea, as much

As you haue done my Truth. If he know

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