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not_o keep_v by_o the_o say_v m._n cronwell_n bad_a counselor_n make_v bad_a prince_n the_o reward_n of_o bad_a counsel_n examplify_v in_o cronwell_n of_o good_a counselor_n in_o s._n tho._n more_o 3._o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o q._n anne_n 〈◊〉_d cranmer_n good_a quality_n he_o conclude_v the_o marriage_n to_o be_v lawful_a the_o cause_n of_o england_n separation_n from_o rome_n sir_n tho._n moor_n prophetical_a guess_n of_o the_o oath_n of_o supremacy_n 4._o sir_n tho._n m._n refuse_v to_o be_v at_o q._n anne_n coronation_n his_o counsel_n and_o prediction_n to_o the_o bishop_n his_o good_a fâ—â—nds_n a_o notable_a story_n wonderful_o and_o prophetical_o apply_v his_o purpose_n rather_o to_o be_v denour_v then_o 〈◊〉_d q_o anne_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thomas_n and_o the_o king_n displeasure_n sir_n thomas_n dispose_v himself_o more_o immediate_o to_o suffer_v death_n a_o christian_a 〈◊〉_d 5._o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d occasion_n of_o call_v into_o question_n for_o q._n anne_n the_o holy_a nun_n of_o kent_n 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sir_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d prisonment_n first_o in_o westminster_n then_o by_o q._n anne_n importunity_n in_o the_o tower_n his_o willingness_n to_o lose_v all_o for_o christ._n the_o upper_a garment_n the_o porter_n fee._n his_o man_n oath_n his_o wonderful_a courage_n 3._o his_o 〈◊〉_d with_o his_o daughter_n 〈◊〉_d prevent_v with_o prayer_n the_o comfort_n he_o find_v in_o his_o imprisonment_n five_o reason_n use_v by_o his_o daughter_n to_o make_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 1._o obedience_n to_o the_o king_n 2._o authority_n of_o wise_a man_n 3_o only_a b._n fisher_n of_o his_o mind_n 4._o himself_o a_o lay_n man_n 5._o against_o a_o pariament_n sir_n t._n m._n answer_n all_o the_o saint_n of_o god_n acknowlege_v the_o popessupremacy_n why_o he_o 〈◊〉_d touch_v i_o that_o point_n in_o his_o write_n 〈◊〉_d with_o which_o many_o deceive_v their_o own_o conscience_n he_o know_v not_o of_o b._n fisher_n mind_n the_o doctor_n of_o the_o church_n great_a than_o doctor_n of_o england_n and_o general_a counsel_n 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