Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex Quotes

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[William Tyndale is a man] replete with venomous envy, rancour and malice.

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
Where by divers sundry old authentic histories and chronicles, it is manifestly declared and expressed that this realm of England is an Empire, and so hath been accepted in the world, governed by one Supreme Head and King having the dignity and royal estate of the imperial Crown of the same, unto whom a body politic compact of all sorts and degrees of people divided in terms and by names of Spirituality and Temporalty, be bounden and owe to bear next to God a natural and humble obedience.

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
I amongst other have endured a Parliament which continued by the space of seventeen hole weeks, where we communed of war, peace, strife, contention, debate, murmur, grudge, riches, poverty, penury, truth, falsehood, justice, equity, deceit, oppression, magnanimity, activity, force, attemprance, treason, murder, felony, conciliation, and also how a commonwealth might be edified and also continued within our realm. Howbeit in conclusion we have done as our predecessors have been wont to do, that is to say as well as we might, and left where we began.

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
This had been no great cause more to reject the one than thother, for ye know by histories of the bible that god may by his revelation dispense with his own Law.

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
My lord, you had showed yourself of much more patience—I wll not say of much more prudency—if ye had contented yourself with their lawful appeal and my lawful injunctions and rather have sought fully to instruct me in the matter than thus to desire to conquer me by shrewd words, to vanquish me by sharp threaps [assertions] of Scripture which, as I know to be true, so I trust to God—as great clerk as ye be—ye allege them out of their place.

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
My prayer is that God give me no longer life than I shall be glad to use mine office in edification, and not in destruction.

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
I have meddled in so many matters under your Highness that I am not able to answer them all... but hard it is for me or any other meddling as I have done to live under your grace and your laws but we must daily offend.

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
Who seeth not that he that is an evil counsellor to a prince is an evil counsellor to a realm? If it be sin to be an evil counsellor to one man, wat abomination, what devilish and horrible sin is it to be a flatterer or an evil councillor to a prince?

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
[I am] A Subject and born to obey laws... The trial of all laws only consisteth in honest and probable witness.

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex