Thomas Cranmer (p. 5)
All princely graces . . .
Shall still be doubled on her. Truth shall nurse her,
Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her.
She shall be loved and feared. Her own shall bless her;
Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn,
And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her.
In her days every man shall eat in safety
Under his own vine what he plants, and sing
The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
God shall be truly known, and those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honour
From William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, 5.4.25-37, in The Norton Shakespeare, ed. Stephen Greenblatt et al. (New York, Norton, 1997).
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