I. Mortimer, The fears of Henry IV (2007), 209
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Wednesday, 31 August 2022
No, for I do not know where I should put it
[Thomas] Blount’s execution resulted in the one of the greatest displays of wit in the face of adversity ever recorded. As he was sitting down watching his extracted entrails being burned in front of him, he was asked if he would like a drink. ‘No, for I do not know where I should put it’, he replied.
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