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Quotation from Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
“Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies”
Henry VIII, Act III, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized))
Near the end of Wolsey's last scene; the lines closely follow words Holinshed attributes to the historical Wolsey on his deathbed.
Citation: "Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, He would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies" — William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Act III, Scene 2 (Project Gutenberg #1541 (First Folio text, modernized)). (id henry-viii-q10)
