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"Even in the republic of virtue you need a man who will shovel up the shit, and somewhere it is written that Cromwell is his name."

"The Pope's name is taken out of the service book, but parishes have simply glued strips of paper over it, thinking the world will turn and Rome rise again. But once the lands are given out, no subject will want to give them back to the church. Prayers may be rewritten, but not leases. Hearts may revert to Rome, but the money never will."

"(...) you can live, but only as Cromwell permits. You can reign even – buy only through Cromwell's grace."

Those who think a heart cannot break have led blessed and sheltered lives