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Italicized is independent clause, bolded is dependent clause:
1. And let him never seize any property on the ground that it is forfeited as a fine, when a judge would regard a subject as wicked and fraudulent for claiming it.
2. He is a poor physician who cannot cure a disease except by throwing his patient into another.
3. …we have been persuaded by some, that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes…
4. …my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble and worthy subject…
5. …I know already, by your forwardness, that you have deserved rewards and crowns…
Comprehension questions:
1. Sir Thomas More was amazingly self-possessed because he was even able to make a joke at his own execution.
2. More knew what his king wanted him to do, but he still insisted on opposing the king’s wishes.
3. Elizabeth was a woman in a man’s world when she showed the men what a “feeble woman” could do.
4. King Philip II was the ruler of Catholic Spain who thought he could conquer England.
5. Elizabeth I restored the Church of England although the persecution of Catholics intensified.
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