Surrey
Quotes spoken by the character Surrey
Hear the King’s pleasure, cardinal
Read the QuoteNorfolk
Hear the King’s pleasure, cardinal, who commands you
To render up the great seal presently
Into our hands, and to confine yourself
To Asher House, my Lord of Winchester’s,
Till you hear further from his Highness.
Wolsey
Stay.
Where’s your commission, lords? Words cannot carry
Authority so weighty.
All goodness
Is poison to thy stomach.
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Speak on, sir. I dare your worst objections
Read the QuoteWolsey
Speak on, sir.
I dare your worst objections. If I blush,
It is to see a nobleman want manners.
Surrey
I had rather want those than my head. Have at you:
First, that without the King’s assent or knowledge,
You wrought to be a legate, by which power
You maimed the jurisdiction of all bishops.
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Is there no other way of mercy
Read the QuoteCranmer
Is there no other way of mercy
But I must needs to th’ Tower, my lords?
Gardiner
What other
Would you expect? You are strangely troublesome.
Let some o’ th’ guard be ready there.
Enter the Guard.
Cranmer
For me?
Must I go like a traitor thither?
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