{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch171.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch171.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch171.htm","text":"171A.* * * *\n. . . .\n. . . .\n\u2018Ffor if your boone be askeable,\nSoone granted it shalbe:\n171A.2 \u2018If it be not touching my crowne,\u2019 he said,\n\u2018Nor hurting poore comminaltye.\u2019\n\u2018Nay, it is not touching your crowne,\u2019 shee sayes,\n\u2018Nor hurting poore cominaltye,\n171A.3 \u2018But I begg the death of Thomas Cromwell,\nFor a false traitor to you is hee.\u2019\n\u2018Then feitch me hither the Earle of Darby\nAnd the Earle of Shrewsbury,\n171A.4 \u2018And bidde them bring Thomas Cromawell;\nLet\u2019s see what he can say to mee;\u2019\nFor Thomas had woont to haue carryed his head vp,\nBut now he hanges it vppon his knee.\n171A.5 \u2018How now? How now?\u2019 the king did say,\n\u2018Thomas, how is it with thee?\u2019\n\u2018Hanging and drawing, O king!\u2019 he saide;\n\u2018You shall neuer gett more from mee.\u2019","title":"The Child Ballads: 171. Thomas Cromwell","type":"page"}