St. Thomas More's Tree
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ST. THOMAS MORE'S TREE
In the city of London, within sight and sound of the ancient Thames, there grows
a tree; a mulberry tree. It is old and gnarled; its branches are sustained by props
and wires; yet it still bears fruit.
The Mulberry Tree
Over four hundred years ago that fruit was savored by its owner Sir Thomas
More, Lord Chancellor of England. It is likely that he offered it to his royal guest,
Henry VIII, as they walked arm in arm beneath the branches of the then-young tree.
In recalling one of those occasions, John Roper, More's biographer tells us,
And for the pleasure he took in his company would his grace [Henry] sud-
denly sometimes come home to his [More's] house at Chelsea to be merry with
him, whither, on a time, unlooked for, he came to dinner, and after dinner,
in a fair garden of his, walked with him by the space of an hour, holding his
arm about his neck. As soon as his grace was gone, I rejoicing thereat, said to
Sir Thomas More, how happy he was whom the king had so familiarly enter-
tained, as I never had seen him do to any before, except Cardinal Wolsey, whom](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/cathl2&div=6&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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