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* Vol. iv., p. 702; and Appendix, p. 769; Pratt's ed. He further attributed to More the death of John Frith, who suffered death in 1533, a year after Sir Thomas had laid down his office, although in his Apology, the exchancellor referred to Frith as being then in the Tower, not committed by him but by "the King's Grace and his Council."

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But his remark was likened by critics to exchancellor Lord Lamont's infamous claim that unemployment was 'a price worth paying '.

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