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Last Words Before Execution, 6 July 1535 (SB, pp. 357-58)

1. What is the significance of More's final statement, "I die the King's good servant, and God's first"? Why would Robert Bolt in A Man for All Seasons prefer "I died the King's good servant, but God's first"? What is the difference in these two wordings? How compatible are these two forms of service?  What do you make of More's suggestion that his death is a final act of good service for the King?