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  1. Alison Weir _ The Children of Henry VIII

    Although, by todays standards, he set a vast amount of work, he believed as he told Mrs Ashley, that 'If you pour much drink into a goblet, the most part will dash out and run over'. In Ascham's view, it was the carrot, and not the stick, that worked.
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  2. Alison Weir _ The Children of Henry VIII

    It is too dangerous to meddle in the marriage of princes,' he muttered as he withdrew. Arundel made a joke at his expense, saying 'He lost his post as Chancellor that day, for the Queen had usurped it,' which drew wry laughter from the deputation.
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  3. Alison Weir _ The Children of Henry VIII

    Late in the 16th centurt, William Cecil's son, Thomas reortedthat Philip had said that 'whatever he suffered from Queen Elizabeth was the judgement of God because, being married to Queen Elizabeth, whom he though a most virtuous and good lady, yet in the fancy of love he could not affect her; but as for the Lady Elizabeth; he was enamored of her, being a fair and beautiful woman."
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  4. Alison Weir _ The Children of Henry VIII

    An objective viewpoint was beyond her; she was single-minded to a fault."
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  5. Alison Weir _ The Children of Henry VIII

    When these with violence were burned to death,We wished for our Elizabeth.
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