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One Head Better Than A Dozen
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KING HENRY VIII., designing to send an embassy to Francis I. at a very
dangerous juncture, the nobleman selected begged to be excused, saying,
Such a threatening message to so hot a prince as Francis I. might go
near to cost him his life.--Fear not, said old Harry, if the French
king should take away your life, I will take off the heads of a dozen
Frenchmen now in my power.--But of all these heads, replied the
nobleman, there may not be one to fit my shoulders.
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