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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: heaviness of sickness was gone for the moment, and King Henry was
the King Henry of ten years ago as he rolled his eyes balefully
from one to another of the courtiers who stood silently around.
The Earl of Mackworth shot a covert glance at the Bishop of
Winchester, who came forward in answer.
"Your Majesty," said he, "here am I, your brother, who beseech
you as your brother not to judge over-hastily in this matter. It
is true that this man has been adjudged a traitor, but he has
been so adjudged without a hearing. I beseech thee to listen
patiently to whatsoever he may have to say.
The King fixed the Bishop with a look of the bitterest, deepest
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