“Henry the Eighth has been favoured by some Protestant writers because the Reformation was achieved in his time. But the mighty merit of it lies with other men and not with him; and it can be rendered none the worse by this monster's crimes, and none the better by any defence of them. The plain truth is, that he was a most intolerable ruffian, a disgrace to human nature, and a blot of blood and grease upon the History of England.”
“Be not judges yourselves of your own fantastical opinions and vain expositions; and although you be permitted to read Holy Scriptures and to have the Word of God in your mother tongue, you must unders...”
Henry VIII of England
“How can I be best rid of my own troublesome wife whom I am tired of, and marry Anne?" [Chapter XXVII - England Under Henry the Eighth, Called Bluff King Hal and Burly King Harry”
Henry VIII of England
“We may be amused by a defence of Richard III., but we can feel only indignation and disgust at an apology for Henry VIII., whose atrocities are as well authenticated as those of Robespierre, and are l...”
Henry VIII of England
“I am sure you were at Hampton Court when the French king's ambassador was entertained there at those solemn banqueting-houses, not long before the king's death; namely, when, after the banquet was don...”
Henry VIII of England
“Two beheadings out of six wives is too many.”
Henry VIII of England
