The Tudors Quotes

Brigitte Rousselot: What are you thinking?
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk: That I was dead and am alive again.

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King Henry VIII: My well beloved commons, I come here today to speak with you to set forth my mind and the secrets of my heart. There should be perfect love and concord in this realm but instead there is discord and dissension in every place. What love and charity is there amongst the clergy when one calls the other a heretic and anabaptist and another calls him papist and hypocrite? Are these tokens of charity amongst you? Are these the signs of fraternal love? The people look for light and you bring them darkness and as for the laity, you are not clean of malice and envy! For you slug and rebuke priests and bishops, you take it upon yourselves to judge the clergy by the sole light of your fantastical opinions and vain expositions. Although you are permitted to read holy scripture, you must understand that it is under license and only to inform your conscience, not to dispute and make scripture. I gave you the bible in your own tongue but I am sorry to see that that most precious jewel the word of God has been disputed, rhymed, sung and jangled in every ale house and tavern in this realm! I, whom God has appointed his vicar here, will see these divisions extinct and those enormities corrected or god should account me an unprofitable servant. Therefore, be of charity with one another, like brother and brother. Love, dread and serve God to which I, as your supreme head sovereign and lord exalt and require you and I doubt not. But that love and affinity which I spoke of at the beginning shall never be dissolved or broken between us.

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Earl of Surrey: What we must first decide is how best to approach Windsor, and in what manner to overcome the guards who surround the Prince and so remove him... For be there no doubt, gentlemen, he who possesses the heir to the throne will very soon possess the throne itself.

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King Henry VII: In these last days Your Grace, I have been thinking a great deal about loss. What loss Your Grace, is to man most irrecoverable?
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk: His virtue.
King Henry VII: No, for by his actions, he may redeem his virtue.
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk: Then his honor.
King Henry VI: No, for again he may find the means to recover it. Even if some man recovers his fortune he is lost.
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk: Then I cannot say, Your Majesty.
King Henry VII: Time,Your Grace. Of all losses, time is the most irrecuperable, for it could never be redeemed.

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King Henry VIII: What are you doing here?
Katherine of Aragon: I have come to see my daughter. Why should that surprise you, Henry? [Mary walks in and stands next to Katherine] You have not always been kind to her. I have wept so often to see her alone, abandoned by her father.
King Henry VIII: Is that why you have come back ,Katherine? To chide me for all that I am not?
Katherine of Aragon: She ought to be a long time married by now, she ought to have her own children.
King Henry VIII: Go away. Shade. Go away, Katherine.
Katherine of Aragon: You have sent me away before,though I loved you but I was still your wife in God's eyes and still am. (both Katherine of Aragon and Mary disappear)

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King Henry VIII: Why are you here?
Anne Boleyn: To see my daughter, she was only pure thing in my life and in my life I neglected her. Since she was only a girl and I wanted so much to give you a son but now I am so proud of her. fiercely proud! She is so clever and[Elizabeth appears next to Anne] though she is like me in so many ways, she is not intemperate as I was. You must be proud of her too, Henry?
King Henry VIII: I am , I am very proud of her and I know how clever she is. And I wish that I could love her more, but from time to time she reminds me of you and what you did to me.
Anne Boleyn: I did nothing to you .(walks towards him) I was innocent. All the accusations against me were false. I thought you knew. Poor Katherine Howard, she lies in the cold ground next to me. Poor child. It was not her fault neither . But we were like two moths drawn to the flame and burned. (Anne walks away)
King Henry VIII: Anne, please don't! (Anne and Elizabeth disappear)

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Jane Seymour: How is my son?
King Henry VIII: Jane. (he walks towards Jane) He is well. I have taken all care of him, sweet Jane. And soon he will be King.
Jane Seymour: My poor boy. My poor child!
King Henry VIII: No! He is the most beloved! (Edward appears next to Jane, attempts to walk toward Henry, but is gently halted by Jane) He is my special boy!
Jane Seymour: He will die young.
King Henry VIII: No! No!
Jane Seymour: Poor child, you expected too much of him! He was only a boy, kings too are made of clay and God forbid you locked him away from the world like your father did with you!
King Henry VIII: No!
Jane Seymour: Don't you understand?! You have killed him!
King Henry VIII: No! (turns away and starts to cry while Jane and Edward walk away)

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