Sections 1 Henry VIII., the unconquered King of England, a prince adorned with all the virtues that… 2 One day, as I was returning home from mass at St. 3 Yet this disposition of mind had cost him dear, if God had not been very gracious to him;… 4 The first vessels that they saw were flat-bottomed, their sails were made of reeds and… 5 As he told us of many things that were amiss in those new-discovered countries, so he… 6 Now I live as I will, to which I believe, few courtiers can pretend; and there are so many… 7 Now if in such a court, made up of persons who envy all others and only admire themselves, a… 8 “I was then much obliged to that reverend prelate, John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury,… 9 In this,’ 10 For when, by wandering about, they have worn out both their health and their clothes, and… 11 Every day’s experience shows that the mechanics in the towns or the clowns in the country… 12 When that little money is at an end (for it will be soon spent), what is left for them to do… 13 And I do not think that all the inconveniences this will produce are yet observed; for, as… 14 “While I was talking thus, the Counsellor, who was present, had prepared an answer, and had… 15 But if one shall say, that by that law we are only forbid to kill any except when the laws… 16 “But as to the question, ‘What more convenient way of punishment can be found?’ 17 They suffer no other uneasiness but this of constant labour; for, as they work for the… 18 “These are their laws and rules in relation to robbery, and it is obvious that they are as… 19 “I do not know whether it be worth while to tell what followed, for it was very ridiculous;… 20 This was well entertained by the whole company, who, looking at the Cardinal, perceived that… 21 To this I answered, “You have done me a great kindness in this relation; for as everything… 22 “Do not you think that if I were about any king, proposing good laws to him, and… 23 Now when things are in so great a fermentation, and so many gallant men are joining counsels… 24 “I confess,” 25 For if the judges but differ in opinion, the clearest thing in the world is made by that… 26 who does more earnestly long for a change than he that is uneasy in his present circumstances? 27 This law, they tell us, was made by an excellent king who had more regard to the riches of… 28 You are not obliged to assault people with discourses that are out of their road, when you… 29 But I see no other effect of this compliance except it be that men become more secure in… 30 “Though, to speak plainly my real sentiments, I must freely own that as long as there is any… 31 I confess, without taking it quite away, those pressures that lie on a great part of mankind… 32 “I do not wonder,” 33 But if such an accident has at any time brought any from thence into Europe, we have been so… 34 “The island of Utopia is in the middle two hundred miles broad, and holds almost at the same… 35 “There are fifty-four cities in the island, all large and well built, the manners, customs,… 36 They breed an infinite multitude of chickens in a very curious manner; for the hens do not…
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