John Foxe: "Acts and Monuments," 8.20ff.--1556
TONGUE-WAGGERS-ATHON. The gossiping continues about Dr. Cranmer—he entertains too lavishly and needs to be on a annual stipend rather than managing estates and lands and he is niggardly and cheap in his entertainments, building up incomes for his wife and children. Henry rectifies Somerset on the matter, understanding this his back-door gossip is so he can fulfil his lusts more land acquisitions. Henry's brings up Somerset by the hairs. Also, the story of the Six Articles is told wherein Cranmer stands fast in Parliament and stands alone, with Bishops Heath and Skip flipping, turning on Dr. Cranmer as friends, and, yet, incurring Henry’s distrust over flip-floppers. (20-24). Henry distrusts flip-floppers. Who’s tongue will be wagging next?
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