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" I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement; but I would have you to know, that I who made you what you are can unmake you; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. " Yours as you demean... "
Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man: Consisting of the Little Genius, and ... - Page 46
by Theodore Sedgwick Fay - 1832
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Voltairiana. Selected and tr. by M.J. Young, Volume 4

François Marie Arouet de [prose] Voltaire - 1805 - 274 pages
...Eiy* ought to be read by the princes of every country, and more particularly by the bishops.: " PROUD PRELATE, . " I understand you. are backward in complying with your agreement; but I would hare you know that I who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do • The bishop, it seems,...
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Belle Assemblée: Or, Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting ...

Women - 1822 - 634 pages
...of Ely House, near Holborn, Queen Elizabeth wrote to him the following sprightly note :— " Proud Prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement ; but I would have you to know, that I, who made you what you are can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 79, Part 1

Early English newspapers - 1809 - 890 pages
...original letter from Queen Elizabeth to Heaton, Bishop of Ely, is taken from the Register of Ely. " PROUD PRELATE, " I Understand you are backward in complying with your agreement; but I would have you to know, that i who made you what you are can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfill your...
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The Stranger: A Literary Paper ..., Volume 1

1813 - 458 pages
...from Queen Elizabeth, to Heaton, Bishop of Ely, is said to be taken from the Register Of Ely. PIIOUD PRELATE, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement ; but I would have you to know, that I who made you what you are, can unmake you, and if you do not forthwith fulfil your...
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Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volume 2

Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...the bishop the following violent letter ; several, 4ames, with some variations, reprinted. J " Proud prelate ; '•' I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement ; but I would have you to know, that I who made you what you are can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your...
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The London Magazine, Volume 5

1822 - 734 pages
...proof of the ing to his newly-acquired see, for a compulsion, pretended equivalent ; but demurred Proud Prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement: but 1 would have you know, that 1 who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith...
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The Classical Journal, Volume 27

Classical philology - 1823 - 418 pages
...of Ely, to exchange some lands belonging to his see, writes the following tender billet : « Proud Prelate, " I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : but I would have you to know, that 1, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and, if you do not ' The Secretary's Assistant,...
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The Classical Journal, Volume 27

Classical philology - 1823 - 418 pages
...Bishop of Ely, to exchange some lands belonging to his see, writes the following tender billet : " Proud Prelate, " I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : but I would have you to know, that 1, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and, if you do not 1 The Secretary's Assistant,...
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An Historical Account of the Ancient Town and Port of Wisbech, in the Isle ...

William Watson (F.A.S.) - Wisbech (England) - 1827 - 796 pages
...effect rather of compulsion than inclination, by the letter from the queen to bishop Heton : " Proud prelate, I " understand you are backward in complying with your agreement, but I " would have you to know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake " you, and if you do not forthwith fulfil your...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 9

1828 - 488 pages
...the insolent sacrilege ; but the queen soon made him surrender by the following letter : — " Proud Prelate, — I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement, but I would have you to know, that I who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not faithfully fulfil your...
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