See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS MORE (1478-1535)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor, and author of See also:

• UTOPIA

Utopia, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

Milk See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street in the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• LONDON

London, on the 7th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1478 . He received the rudiments of See also:

• EDUCATION

education at St See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony's School in Threadneedle Street, at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time under See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas See also:

• HOLT, SIR JOHN (1642–1710)

Holt, held to be the best in the city . He was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early placed in the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury . See also:

• ADMISSION

Admission to the cardinal's See also:

• FAMILY

family was esteemed a high See also:

• PRIVILEGE

privilege, and was sought as a school of See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and as an introduction to the See also:

• WORLD

world by the sons of the best families in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom . See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas More obtained admission through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of his See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• SIR

Sir Thomas, then a rising See also:

• BARRISTER

barrister and afterwards a See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench . The usual prognostication of future distinction is attributed in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of More to Cardinal Morton, " who would often tell the nobles sitting at table with him, where young Thomas waited on him, whosoever liveth to trie it shall see this See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child prove a notable and rare See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man."' At the proper See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age young More was sent to See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, where he is said vaguely to have had See also:

• COLET, JOHN (1467?-1519)
• COLET, LOUISE (1810–1876)

Colet, See also:

• GROCYN, WILLIAM (1446?–1519)

Grocyn and See also:

• LINACRE (or LYNAKER), THOMAS (c. 146o-1524)

Linacre for his tutors' All More himself says is that he had Linacre for his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek . Learning Greek was not the See also:

• MATTER

matter of course which it has since become . Greek was not as yet See also:

• PART

part of the arts curriculum, and to learn it voluntarily was See also:

• ILL

ill looked upon by the authorities . Those who did so were suspected of an inclination towards novel and dangerous modes of thinking, then rife on the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

Continent and slowly finding their way to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . More's father, who intended his son to make a career in his own profession, took the alarm; he removed him from the university without a degree, and entered him at New See also:

• INN

Inn to commence at once the study of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . After completing a two-years' course in New Inn, an inn of See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery, More was admitted in February 1496 at See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's Inn, an inn of court . " At that time the Inns of Court and Chancery presented the discipline of a well-constituted university, and, through professors under the name of readers and exercises under the name of mootings, law was systematically taught " (See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

CAMPBELL) .

In his professional studies More early distinguished himself, so that he was appointed reader-in-law in Furnival's Inn; but he would not relinquish the studies which had attracted him in Oxford . We find him delivering a lecture to audiences of " all the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief learned of the city of London." 3 The subject he See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose was a See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise between See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and the humanities, being St See also:

• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (354-430)
• AUGUSTINE, SAINT (d. c.613)

Augustine's De civitate . In this lecture More sought less to expound the theology of his author than to set forth the philosophical and See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical contents of the See also:

• TREATISE

treatise . The lecture-See also:

• ROOM

room was a See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, St See also:

• LAWRENCE
• LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
• LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
• LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
• LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
• LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
• LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
• LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
• LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)

Lawrence Jewry, placed at his disposal by Grocyn, the See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector . Somewhere about this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of More's See also:

• LIFE

life two things happened which gave in opposite directions the determining impulse to his future career . More's was one of those highly susceptible natures which take more readily and more eagerly than See also:

• COMMON

common minds the impress of that which they encounter on their first contact with men . Two See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal forms•of thought and feeling were at this date in conflict, rather unconscious than declared, on English See also:

• SOIL

soil . Under the See also:

• DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)

denomination of the " old learning," the sentiment of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages and the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of Church authority was ' Life by B . R . 2 Ibid . 3 Roper, Life . established and in full See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the religious houses, the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities, and the learned professions .

The foe that was advancing in the opposite direction, though without the See also:

• CON

con-See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of a hostile purpose, was the new See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of human See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason animated with the revived sentiment of classicism . In More's mind both these hostile influences found a congenial See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . Each had its turn of supremacy, and in his early years it seemed as if the humanistic influence would gain the final victory . About the age of twenty he was seized with a violent See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access of devotional rapture . He took a disgust to the world and its occupations, and experienced a longing to give himself over to an ascetic life . He took a lodging near the See also:

• CHARTERHOUSE

Charterhouse, and subjected himself to the discipline of a Carthusian See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk . He wore a See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp See also:

• SHIRT

shirt of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair next his skin, scourged himself every See also:

• FRIDAY (A.S. frige-dreg, fr. frige, gen. of frigu, love, or the goddess of love—the Norse Frigg,—the dreg, day; cf. Icelandic frjddagr, O.H. Ger. friatag, frigatag, mod. Ger. Freitag)

Friday and other See also:

• FASTING (from " fast," derived from old Teutonic fastejan; synonyms being the Gr. vnorebety, late Lat. jejunare)

fasting days, See also:

• LAY

lay upon the See also:

• BARE

bare ground with a See also:

• LOG (a word of uncertain etymological origin,possibly onomatopoeic; the New English Dictionary rejects the derivation from Norwegian lag, a fallen tree)

log under his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, and allowed himself but four or five See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours' See also:

• SLEEP (0. Eng. slcepan; Ger. schlafen; cf. Lat. labi, to glide, and " slip ")

sleep . This access of the ascetic malady lasted but a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time, and More recovered to all outward See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance his See also:

• BALANCE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. bilantia, an apparatus for weighing, from bi, two, and lanx, a dish or scale)

balance of mind . For the moment the balance of his faculties seemed to be restored by a revival of the antagonistic sentiment of See also:

• HUMANISM (from Lat. humanus, human, connected with holm)

humanism which he had imbibed from the Oxford circle of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, and specially from See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus . The See also:

• DATES

dates as regards More's early life are uncertain, and we can only say that it is possible that the acquaintance with Erasmus might have begun during Erasmus's first visit to England in 1499 . Tradition has dramatized their first See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting into the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story given by Cresacre More'—that the two happened to sit opposite each other at the lord See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor's table, that they got into an See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument during See also:

• DINNER

dinner, and that, in mutual astonishment at each other's wit and readiness, Erasmus exclaimed, " See also:

• AUT

Aut tu es Morus, aut nullus," and the other replied, " Aut tu es Erasmus, aut diabolus ! " Rejecting this See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, which bears the See also:

• STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

stamp of fiction upon its See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face, we have certain See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of acquaintance between the two men in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter of Erasmus, with the date " Oxford, 29th See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1499." If we must admit the correctness of the date of Ep .

14 in the collection of Erasmus's Epistolae, we should have to assume that their acquaintance had begun as early as 1497 . It rapidly ripened into warm See also:

• ATTACHMENT

attachment . This contact with the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of letters revived in More the spirit of the " new learning," and he returned with ardour to the study of Greek, which had been begun at Oxford . The humanistic influence was sufficiently strong to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save him from wrecking his life in monkish See also:

• MORTIFICATION

mortification, and even to keep him for a time on the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the party of progress . He acquired no inconsiderable facility in the Greek See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language, from which he made and published some See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations . His Latin See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, though wanting the inimitable ease of Erasmus and often offending against See also:

• IDIOM (Gr. t&%wµa, something peculiar and personal; lbws, one's own, personal)

idiom, is yet in copiousness and propriety much above the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary Latin of the English scholars of his time . More's See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the new studies was always subordinate to his See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution to rise in his profession, in which he was stimulated by his father's example . As early as 1502 he was appointed under-See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of the city of London, an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office then judicial and of considerable dignity . He first attracted public attention by his conduct in the See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament of 1504, by his daring opposition to the king's demand for See also:

• MONEY

money . See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VII. was entitled, according to feudal See also:

• LAWS

laws, to a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant on occasion of his daughter's See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage . But he came to the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons for a much larger sum than he intended to give with his daughter . The members, unwilling as they were to See also:

• VOTE

vote the money, were afraid to offend the king, till the silence was broken by More, whose speech is said to have moved the house to reduce the See also:

• SUBSIDY (through Fr. from Lat. subsidium, reserve troops, aid, assistance, from subsidere, literally " to sit or remain behind or in reserve,")

subsidy of three-fifteenths which the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government had demanded to £30,000 .

One of the chamberlains went and told his master that he had been thwarted by a beardless boy . Henry never forgave the audacity; but, for the moment, the only revenge he could take was upon More's father, whom upon some pretext he threw into the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower, and he only released him upon See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment of a See also:

• FINE

fine of £See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo . Thomas More even found it advisable to withdraw from public life into obscurity . During this period of retirement the old See also:

• DILEMMA (Gr. &Xuµua, a double proposition, from bi- and aµ(36.vetv)

dilemma recurred . One while he devoted himself to the sciences, " perfecting himself in See also:

• MUSIC

music, See also:

• ARITHMETIC (Gr. apeOµ7run7, sc. TEXVn, the art of counting, from (ipLBµos, number)

arithmetic, See also:

• GEOMETRY

geometry and ' Life, p . 93.See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, learning the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue, and recreating his tired See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits on the See also:

• VIOL

viol," 2 or translating epigrams from the Greek See also:

• ANTHOLOGY

anthology; another while resolving to take See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest's orders . From dreams of clerical See also:

• CELIBACY (Lat. caelibatus, from caelebs, unmarried)

celibacy he was roused by making acquaintance with the family of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• COLT, SAMUEL (1814-1862)

Colt of New See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, in See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex . The " honest and sweet conversation " of the three daughters attracted him, and though his inclination led him to prefer the second he married the eldest, Jane, in 1505, not liking to put the affront upon her of passing her over in favour of her younger See also:

• SISTER

sister . The See also:

• DEATH

death of the old king in 1 509 restored him to the practice of his profession, and to that public career for which his abilities specially fitted him . From this time there was scarce a cause of importance in which he was not engaged . His professional income amounted to £400 a See also:

• YEAR

year, equal to £4000 in See also:

• PRESENT

present money, and, " considering the relative profits of the law and the value of money, probably indicated as high a station as £ro,000 at the present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day " (CAMPBELL) . It was not See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before he attracted the attention of the young king and of See also:

• WOLSEY, THOMAS (c. 1475–1530)

Wolsey .

The spirit with which he pleaded before the See also:

• STAR

Star Chamber in a case of The See also:

• CROWN

Crown v . The See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope recommended him to the royal favour, and marked him out for employment . More obtained in this case See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment against the Crown . Henry, who was present in See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person at the trial, had the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sense not to resent the defeat, but took the counsel to whose advocacy it was due into his service . In 1514 More was made master of the See also:

• REQUESTS, COURT OF

requests, knighted, and sworn a member of the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . He was repeatedly employed on embassies to the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries, and was for a long time stationed at See also:

• CALAIS

Calais as See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent in the shifty negotiations carried on by Wolsey with the court of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . In 1519 he was compelled to resign his See also:

• POST

post of under-sheriff to the city and his private practice at the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . In 1521 he was appointed treasurer of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer, and in the parliament of 1523 he was elected See also:

• SPEAKER

Speaker . The choice of this officer rested nominally with the house itself, but in practice was always dictated by the court . Sir Thomas More was pitched upon by the court on this occasion in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order that his popularity with the Commons might be employed to carry the money grant for which Wolsey asked . To the See also:

• GREAT

great disappointment of the court More remained See also:

• FIRM

firm to the popular cause, and it was greatly owing to his influence that its demands were resisted . From this occurrence may be dated the See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy which the cardinal began to exhibit towards More .

Wolsey made an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to get him out of the way by sending him as See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . More defeated the See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design by a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to the king, alleging that the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate would be fatal to his See also:

• HEALTH

health . Henry, who saw through the artifice, and was already looking See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round for a more popular successor to Wolsey, made the gracious See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer that he would employ More otherwise . In 1525 More was appointed chancellor of the duchy of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster, and no pains were spared to attach him to the court . The king frequently sent for him into his closet, and discoursed with him on astronomy, geometry and points of divinity . This growing favour, by which many men would have been carried away, did not impose upon More . He discouraged the king's advances, showed'reluctance to go to the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, and seemed constrained when there . Then the king began to come himself to More's house at See also:

• CHELSEA

Chelsea, and would dine with him without previous See also:

• NOTICE

notice . See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Roper, See also:

• HUSBAND

husband of More's eldest daughter, mentions one of these visits, when the king after dinner walked in the See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden by the space of an See also:

• HOUR

hour holding his See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm round More's See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck . Roper afterwards congratulated his father-in-law on the distinguished See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour which had been shown him . " I thank our Lord," was the reply, " I find his See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace my very good lord indeed; and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this See also:

• REALM

realm . Howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head would win him a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle in France it should not fail to go." As a last resource More tried the expedient of silence, dissembling his wit and affecting to be dull .

This had the desired effect so far that he was less often sent for . But it did not alter the royal policy, and in 1529, when a successor had to be 2 Roper, Life . found for Wolsey, More was raised to the chancellorship: The selection was justified by More's high reputation, but it was also significant of the modification which the policy of the court was then undergoing . It was a concession to the rising popular party, to which it was supposed that More's politics inclined him . The public favour with which his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment had been received was justified by his conduct as See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge in the court of chancery . Having heard causes in the forenoon between eight and eleven, after dinner he sat again to receive petitions . The meaner the suppliant was the more affably he would speak to him and the more speedily he would despatch his case . In this respect he formed a great contrast to his predecessor, whose arrears he soon cleared off . One See also:

• MORNING

morning being told by the officer that there was not another cause before the court, he ordered the fact to be entered on See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record, as it had never happened before . He not only refused all gifts—such as had been usual—himself, but took See also:

• MEASURES

measures to prevent any of his Connexions from interfering with the course of justice . One of his sons-in-law, See also:

• HERON (Fr. heron; Ital. aghirone, airone; Lat. ardea; Gr. ipw&bs: A.-S. hragra; Icelandic, hegre; Swed. hager; Dan. heire; Ger. Heiger, Reiher, Heergans; Dutch, reiger)

Heron, having a suit in the chancellor's court, and refusing to • agree to any reasonable See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation, because the judge " was the most affectionate father to his See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children that ever was in the world," More thereupon made a See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree against him . Unfortunately for Sir Thomas More, a lord chancellor is not merely a judge, but has high See also:

• POLITICAL

political functions to perform .

In raising More to that eminent position, the king had not merely considered' his professional distinction but had counted upon his avowed liberal and reforming tendencies . In the Utopia, which, though written earlier, More had allowed to be printed as See also:

• LATE

late as 1516, he had spoken against the vices of power, and declared for indifference of religious creed with a breadth of philosophical view of which there is no other example in any Englishman of that age . At the same time, as he could not be suspected of any sympathy with Lutheran or Wickliffite heretics, he might fairly be regarded as qualified to See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead the party which aimed at reform in See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State and Church within the limits of See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic orthodoxy . But in the king's mind the public questions of reform were entirely sunk in the personal one of the See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce . The divorce was a• point upon which Sir Thomas would not yield . And, as he 'saw that the marriage with See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne See also:

• BOLEYN (or BULLEN), ANNE (c. 1507–1536)

Boleyn was determined upon, he petitioned the king to be allowed to resign the Great See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

Seal, alleging failing health . With much reluctance the royal permission was given and the resignation accepted, on the loth of May 1532, with many gracious expressions of See also:

• GOODWILL

goodwill on the part of the king . The promise held out of future See also:

• BOUNTY (through O. Fr. bontet, from Lat. bonitas, goodness)

bounty was never fulfilled, and More See also:

• LEFT

left office, as he had entered it, a poor man . His necessitous See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition was so notorious that the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy in See also:

• CONVOCATION
• CONVOCATION (Lat. convocatio, a calling together)

convocation voted him a present of £Soon . This he peremptorily refused, either for himself or for his family, declaring that he " had rather see it all See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast into the See also:

• THAMES

Thames." Yet the whole of his income after resigning office did not exceed £too a year . Hitherto he had maintained a large See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment, not on the princely See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale of Wolsey, but in the patriarchal See also:

• FASHION (adapted from Fr. facon, agon, Lat. factio, making, facere, to do or make)

fashion of having all his sons-in-law, with their families, under his roof . When he resigned the chancellorship he called his children and grandchildren together to explain his reduced circumstances .

" If we wish to live together," said he, " you must be content to be contributories together . But my counsel is that we fall hot to the lowest fare first: we will not, therefore, descend to Oxford fare, nor to the fare of New Inn, but we will begin with Lincoln'srInn See also:

• DIET

diet, where many right worshipful men of great See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account and good years do live full well; which if we find ourselves the first year not able to maintain, then we will in the next year cotne down to Okford fare, where many great learned and See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient fathers and doctors are continually conversant; while if our purses stretch not to maintain neither, then may we after, *ith bag and wallet, go a-begging together, hoping that for pity some good folks will give us their charity." More was now able, as he writes to Erasttius to return to the life which had always been his ambition; when, See also:

• FREE

free from business and public affairs, he might give himself up to his favouritestudies and to the practices of his devotion: Of the Chelsea interior Erasmus has See also:

• DRAWN

drawn a charming picture, which may See also:

• VIE

vie with See also:

• HOLBEIN, HANS

Holbein's celebrated See also:

• CANVAS

canvas, " The Household of Sir Thomas More." " More has built, near London, upon the Thames, a modest yet commodious See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion . There he lives surrounded by his numerous family, including his wife, his son, and his son's wife, his three daughters and their husbands, with eleven grandchildren . There is not any man living so affectionate to his children as he, and he loveth his old wife as if she were a girl of fifteen . Such is the excellence of his disposition that whatsoever happeneth that could not be helped, he is as cheerful and as well pleased as though the best thing possible had' been done . In More's house you would see that See also:

• PLATO

Plato's See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy was revived again, only, whereas in the Academy the discussions turned upon geometry and the power of See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers, the house at Chelsea is a veritable school of See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . In it is none, man or woman, but readeth or studieth the liberal arts, yet is their chief care of piety . There is never any seen idle; the head of the house governs it not by a lofty See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage and oft rebukes, but by gentleness and amiable manners . Every ' member is busy in his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, performing his See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty with alacrity; nor is sober mirth wanting."' But More was too conspicuous to be long allowed to enjoy the happiness of a retired life . A See also:

• SPECIAL

special invitation was sent him by the king to attend the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of Anne Boleyn, accompanied with the gracious offer of £20 to buy a new suit for the occasion ! More refused to attend, and from that moment was marked out for vengeance . A. first attempt made to being him within the meshes of the law only recoiled with shame upon the head of the accusers .

They were maladroit enough' to attack him on his least vulnerable side, summoning him before the privy council to answer to a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of receiving bribes in the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of justice . One See also:

• PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART (1846-1891)
• PARNELL, THOMAS (1679-1718)

Parnell was put forward to complain of a decree pronounced against him in favour of the contending party See also:

• VAUGHAN, CHARLES JOHN (1816-1897)
• VAUGHAN, HENRY (1622-1695)
• VAUGHAN, HERBERT (1832-1903)
• VAUGHAN, THOMAS (1622-1666)
• VAUGHAN, WILLIAM (1577-1641)

Vaughan, who he said had presented a gilt See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup to the chancellor . More stated that he had received a cup as a New Year's See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift . Lord See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire, the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's father, exultingly cried out, " So, did I not tell you, my lords, that you would find this matter true?" "But, my lords," continued More,' "having pledged Mrs Vaughan in the See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine wherewith my See also:

• BUTLER
• BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
• BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
• BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
• BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
• BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
• BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
• BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
• BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
• BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
• BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)

butler had filled the cup, I restored the cup to her." Two other charges of a like nature were refuted as triumphantly . But the very futility of the accusations must have betrayed to More the See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter determination of his enemies to See also:

• COMPASS (Fr. corn pas, ultimately from Lat. cum, with, and passus, step)

compass his destruction . Foiled in their first ill=directed attempt, they were compelled to have recourse to that tremendous See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

engine of See also:

• REGAL

regal tyranny, the law of See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason . A See also:

• BILL

bill was brought into parliament to See also:

• ATTAINT, WRIT OF

attaint See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH (1766-1815)
• BARTON, BERNARD (1784–1849)
• BARTON, CLARA (1821– )
• BARTON, ELIZABETH (c. 1506–1534)

Barton, a See also:

• NUN (O. Eng. nunne, from Lat. nonnus, nonna, familiar terms for an old man or woman)

nun, who was said to have held treason-able language . Barton turned out afterwards to have been an impostor, but she had duped More, who now lived in a superstitious See also:

• ATMOSPHERE (Gr. fir µ6r, vapour; orkaipa, a sphere)

atmosphere of convents and churches, and he had given his countenance to her supernatural pretensions . His name, with that of See also:

• FISHER
• FISHER, ALVAN (1792–1863)
• FISHER, GEORGE PARK (1827-1909)
• FISHER, JOHN (c. 1469-1535)
• FISHER, JOHN ARBUTHNOT FISHER, 1ST BARON

Fisher, was accordingly included in the bill as an See also:

• ACCOMPLICE (from Fr. complice, conspirator, Lat. complex, a sharer, associate, complicare, to fold together; the ac- is possibly due to confusion with " accomplish," to complete, Lat. complere, to fill up)

accomplice . When he came before the council it was at once' apparent that the charge of treason could not be sustained, and the efforts of the court agents were directed to draw from More some approbation of the king's marriage . But to this neither cajolery nor threats could move him . The preposterous charge was urged that it was by his See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice that the king had committed himself in his See also:

• BOOK

book against See also:

• LUTHER, MARTIN (1483-1546)

Luther to an assertion of the pope's authority, whereby the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " Defender of the Faith " had been gained, but in reality a See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword put into the pope's See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand to fight against him .

More was able to reply that he had warned the king that this very thing might happen, that upon some See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach of amity between the crown of England and the pope Henry's too pronounced assertion of the papal authority might be turned against himself, " therefore it were best that place be amended, and his authority more slenderly touched." " See also:

• NAY, or NEY

Nay," replied the king, " that it shall not; we are so much See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)