Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex: Man

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex was English statesman and chief minister to King Henry VIII of England. Explore interesting quotes on man.

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“[ William Tyndale is a man] replete with venomous envy, rancour and malice.”

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex

Letter to Stephen Vaughan after May 1531. (Merriman, i. p. 335.)

Envy

“Many lamented but more rejoiced, and specially such as either had been religious men, or favoured religious persons; for they banqueted and triumphed together that night, many wishing that that day had been seven year before; and some fearing lest he should escape, although he were imprisoned, could not be merry. Others who knew nothing but truth by him both lamented him and heartily prayed for him. But this is true that of certain of the clergy he was detestably hated, & specially of such as had borne swynge, and by his means was put from it; for in dead he was a man that in all his doings seemed not to favour any kind of Popery, nor could not abide the snoffyng pride of some prelates, which undoubtedly, whatsoever else was the cause of his death, did shorten his life and procured the end that he was brought unto.”

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex

Edward Hall on Cromwell's downfall. (Sir Henry Ellis (ed.), Hall's Chronicle (London, 1809), p. 838.)
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“Who seeth not that he that is an evil counsellor to a prince is an evil counsellor to a realm? If it be sin to be an evil counsellor to one man, wat abomination, what devilish and horrible sin is it to be a flatterer or an evil councillor to a prince?”

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex

Letter to Stephen Vaughan.

Evil

“[I have had many a talk with Cromwell] of god, of nature & of other polytyke & wordly thyngys [from which he has] geddryd more frute of truth then I have downe of any other man lyvyng syth I cam here to my cuntrey.”

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex

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