...your statute withal. Forasmuch as, my lord, this indictment is grounded upon an Act of parliament 378 directly repugnant to the laws of God and his holy church, the supreme government of which, or of any part whereof, may no temporal prince presume by any law to take upon him, as rightfully belonging...

...26. Thomas More, after he was convicted for high treason, did say, "For as much as, my Lords, this Indictment is grounded upon an Act of Parliament....his Holy Church, the Supreme Government of which, or of any pan thereof, no Temporal Person may by any Law presume to take upon him. being what of right...

...as, my Lord" (quoth he), "this indictment 5s grounded upon an Act of Parliament, directly oppugnant to the laws of God and his holy Church, the supreme government of which, or of any part thereof, may no temporal prince >pres«me by any law to take upon him as rightfully belonging...

...Christendom in his thought. In Roper's account, More attacked the indictment against him as grounded on an act of parliament 'directly repugnant to the laws of God and his whole church'. He directly rejected the royal supremacy and defended the authority of the pope. No...

...and freely." He could hear the frisson of expectation stirring behind him. "This indictment is ground upon an act of Parliament directly repugnant to the laws of God and his Holy Church, the supreme governance of which may no temporal prince presume by any law to take unto himself. It belongs by right...

...my mind plainly and freely, touching my indictment and your statute withal. 'And forasmuch as this indictment is grounded upon an Act of Parliament directly...His Holy Church, the supreme government of which, or [of] any part whereof, may no temporal prince presume by any law to take upon him, as rightfully belonging...