无疑,在38年的统治中,亨利八世是非常熟练的玩弄帝王权术的,即使是权倾一时的红衣大主教沃尔西也不敢对他有任何欺瞒。但是他也有困惑的时候,在船上,和莫尔漫不经心的谈起,有人送了他一本书,《君王论》(哈哈,那个著名的马基雅威利),书中反复讨论了“a king is to be loved or to be afraid”,莫尔随后问他,书怎么样,亨利八世苦笑一声说“没有你那么,那么的乌托邦”随后又提起一个权臣要杀自己。于是两人都沉默了。我想此刻是亨利八世困惑的吧。
“You do not know the meaning, You can love, perhaps a year, a month, a day, even for the hour, and in an hour, you do love well in deep, but after the hour, you love not, you love another, another, and then another, your love is the most generous ,is most wounding.”