Quote#Wisdom
I shall never consent to his being judge in that affair [sc. the…
Quote byHenry VIII of England · 1491–1547
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Remarks to the papal nuncio (June 1531), quoted in J. J. Scarisbrick, Henry VIII (1968; 1971 ed.), p. 379.
English (original)
I shall never consent to his being judge in that affair [sc. the divorce]. Even if his holiness should do his worst by excommunicating me and so forth, I shall not mind it, for I care not a fig for all his excommunications. Let him follow his own at Rome, I will do here what I think best.
— Henry VIII of England
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