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The phrase "_____________________" was used by both Robert Whittington in 1520 and by Erasmus, in Latin, in 1521. Here is the immediate context:
“X is a man of an angel’s wit and singular learning. He is a man of many excellent virtues; I know not his fellow. For where is the man (in whom is so many goodly virtues) of that gentleness, lowliness, and affability, and as time requires, a man of marvelous mirth and pastimes and sometime of steadfast gravity — _______________________.”

The phrase "_____________________" was used to refer to Sir "X", the 16th-century Chancellor of England, who helps to denounce King Henry VIII's wish to divorce his aging wife Catherine of Aragon, who could not bear him a son, so that he could marry Anne Boleyn, the sister of his former mistress. "X" was a man of principle, envied by rivals such as Thomas Cromwell and loved by the common people. He was finally executed for his opposition to the king's remarriage.

Identify "X" and what was the phrase "_______________" attributed to him? (Picture 1 should help you)