Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn:
For a present so beautiful that
nothing could be more so (con-
sidering the whole of it), I thank you
most cordially, not only on account
of the fine diamond and the ship in
which the solitary damsel is tossed
about, but chiefly for the fine inter-
pretation and the too humble sub-
mission which your goodness hath
used towards me in this case; for I
think it would be very difficult for
me to find an occasion to deserve it,
if I were not assisted by your great
humanity and favour, which I have
always sought to seek, and will seek
to preserve by all the kindness in my
power, in which...
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