Somerset on Trial

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	Y^e Prosecution, led by y^e Duke of Northumberland:	Ye Defence, speaking for himself:
	You did not reform religion as much as you ought to have done.
		Although I wanted to push for a more pure and godly religion, as His Majesty wished, I knew that people did not agree on matters of faith. And I had to balance my colleagues' and my own Protestant beliefs with the need to keep Charles V sweet. We needed Charles V to check the French. That's why I let Princess Mary retain her deviant ways. Anyway, I did reform religion.
	All your reforms were only skin deep. Yes, you dissolved chantries and you sent round commissioners to get rid of graven images, but what else did you do?
		What else? I managed to get Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer through Parliament, didn't I? I got an Act of Uniformity passed.
	Just. And that was only because the situation amongst your bishops was really bad.
		I couldn't really do anything but make a start...