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Well-beloved subjects, we thought that the clergy of our realm had…
Quote byHenry VIII of England · 1491–1547
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech to Parliament (11 May 1532), as quoted in Hall's Chronicle (1809), edited by Sir Henry Ellis, p. 788.
English (original)
Well-beloved subjects, we thought that the clergy of our realm had been our subjects wholly, but now we have well perceived that they be but half our subjects, yea, and scarce our subjects: for all the prelates at their consecration make an oath to the pope, clean contrary to the oath that they make to us, so that they seem to be his subjects, and not ours.
— Henry VIII of England
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