Martyrs of Henry VIII by John Matusiak

Author:John Matusiak
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The History Press

It was a spiteful riposte and a sign, perhaps, that Fisher was experiencing more and more acutely the pressure of the gathering storm. There was more than peevishness involved and not a little childishness, indeed, in the hurt he had taken and the nature of the response, particularly in his supposed preparedness to give up his role on behalf of another ‘who likes the Lutheran doctrines’. But the letter remains a measure, too, of both Fisher’s fibre and his potential threat to the king’s plans in the struggle to come. For, like Thomas Abell, his teeth, once set, would not be gently released. On the contrary, he would grip and gnaw at an issue until the truth was discovered and justice vindicated, pursuing the logic of any argument with precisely the rigour and tenacity that one would expect from so gifted an academic. He had weighed the alternative cases, drawn his conclusions and was now poised for defence of those conclusions. In this, moreover, he was not alone. Others among his fellow bishops had also done precisely that. But they lacked the same pugnacious streak, and they lacked ultimately the curious combination of stubborn selflessness and egotism that makes so many martyrs. For the king, too, had weighed the alternative cases, drawn his conclusions, and was accordingly poised, not for defence but for attack. The storm had long been gathering. But now the heavens would open with a vengeance.

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