Anthony Nicholls

King Henry VIII: Thomas, you must consider, I stand in peril of my soul. It was no marriage. I have lived in incest with my brother's widow. Leviticus: "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife." Leviticus. Chapter 18, verse 16.

Sir Thomas More: Yes, Your Grace. But Deuteronomy...

King Henry VIII: Deuteronomy is ambiguous!

King Henry VIII: How'd you like our music? That air they played, it had a certain... Well, tell me what you thought of it.

Sir Thomas More: Could it have been Your Grace's own?

King Henry VIII: Discovered! Now I'll never know your true opinion, and that's irksome. Well, we artists, we love praise, yet we love truth better.

Sir Thomas More: Then I will tell my true opinion.

King Henry VIII: Well?

Sir Thomas More: To me it seemed delightful.