The Life of Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury
The Life of Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury
William Gilpin
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During the fhort remainder of Henry's reign, the archbifhop met with no farther difturbance of any kind ; his enemies being now convinced of the king's refolu- tion to ikreen him from all attacks. In- deed the protection, which Henry at all times afforded him, in oppofition to his own irritable and implacable temper, the genius of his religion, and the bias of bigotry, makes one of thofe ftrange con- tradictions, which we fometimes meet with, but cannot account for, in the cha- racters of men. ...It is fomewhat fingular, that Henry, on one of thefe late attacks, obferving the mildnefs of the primate's temper, the acrimony of his adverfaries, and the danger he muft neceffarily run, when de- prived of the protection of his prince, gave him for his arms, as if in the fpirit of ARCHBISHOP CRANMER. 109 of forefight, three pelicans feeding their young with their own blood : and added, in an odd jumble of coarfe metaphor, " That he was likely to be tailed, if he " flood to his tackling. " The laft a
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