And after the fire of Smithfield, hell doth receive them, where the wretches burn for ever." As chancellor he saw with growing disapproval the course of the tyrant.
He opposed the marriage with Anne Boleyn.

The day after the submission of the clergy he resigned the great seal.

He could not long avoid further offence to his master, and his refusal to take the oath of supremacy was the crime for which he was condemned.

His behaviour during his last days and on the scaffold was perfect.

He spent his time in severe self-discipline; he uttered eloquent words of forgiveness of his enemies, messages of love to the daughter whom he tenderly loved, and brave jests.
[Sidenote: Anabaptist martyrs, 1536] But while More's passion was one that any man might envy, his courage was shared by humbler martyrs.