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Thomas Cromwell is paying a visit to Henry’s neglected wife, the always dignified Queen Katherine of Aragon. She has been sent away from the palace to hopefully die, now that Anne Boleyn has taken her spot at Court. And die she very well might--she’s very ill, and reports say that she has only weeks left to live. Before she passes on, though, Cromwell is sent to her in a last-ditch effort: he needs her to convince her daughter, the Princess Mary, to recognize Henry as the Head of the Church.
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Start: Katherine: Well, Cromwell-- how am I looking? I’ve not seen myself in the mirror these many months. The King once thought me beautiful--like an angel...how is his concubine? I hear she’s always on her knees...Praying to her reformed God?
End: Katherine: The Princess Mary. I have often wondered, Cromwell...You know so many languages-- fluent in so many tongues-- and you lie as fleetly in all of them. In what language do you confess? Cromwell: God knows our hearts, madam. I may need forgiveness-- I do not need absolution.
Poulton, Mike. Bring Up the Bodies, Samuel French. Pp. 349-353.
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