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chancellor_n of_o england_n chap._n ix_o 1_o sir_n thomas_n more_o be_v affable_a behaviour_n and_o integrity_n in_o his_o chancellorship_n 2_o his_o wise_a remedy_v of_o long_a delay_n in_o suit_n of_o law_n 3_o his_o humble_a behaviour_n towards_o his_o father_n 4_o his_o admirable_a zeal_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o his_o religion_n chap._n x_o 1_o sir_n more_o be_v penance_n continue_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o honour_n 2_o his_o charity_n to_o his_o poor_a neighbour_n of_o chelsey_n 3_o he_o refuse_v to_o allow_v of_o kin._n hen._n divorcement_n 4_o he_o sue_v to_o depose_v his_o office_n 5_o the_o death_n of_o sir_n john_n more_n his_o father_n 6_o such_o incredible_a poverty_n in_o so_o eminent_a a_o person_n a_o sure_a sign_n of_o incomparable_a integrity_n chap._n xi_o 1_o sir_n more_o be_v contempt_n of_o honour_n declare_v in_o depose_v the_o great_a dignity_n of_o chancellorship_n 2_o his_o resolution_n to_o live_v poor_o 3_o he_o prepare_v himself_o for_o his_o suffering_n as_o foresee_v they_o 4_o he_o refuse_v to_o be_v present_a at_o q._n anne_n marriage_n chap._n xii_o 1_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o king_n indignation_n 2_o sir_n th._n more_o dispose_v himself_o more_o immediate_o to_o suffer_v death_n 3_o divers_a accusation_n procure_v against_o sir_n thomas_n alleâ—sily_o avoid_v by_o his_o innocency_n 4_o the_o nun_n of_o canterbury_n first_o occasion_n of_o call_v sir_n thomas_n more_o in_o question_n concern_v queen_n anne_n 5_o his_o first_o examination_n before_o the_o king_n deputy_n 6_o his_o merry_a heart_n and_o gallant_a resolution_n after_o his_o examination_n chap._n xiii_o 1_o sir_n tho._n more_o refuse_v the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n and_o succession_n 2_o sir_n th._n more_o be_v imprisonment_n first_o in_o westminster_n then_o in_o the_o tower_n 3_o his_o discourse_n with_o his_o daughter_n margaret_n 4_o a_o dialogue_n between_o he_o and_o his_o wife_n the_o lady_n more_o 5_o mr._n rich_a his_o case_n 6_o his_o book_n 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