of society. To him the law was a forest in which he could hide and never be found; it was a “causeway upon which, so long as he keeps to it, a citizen may walk safely” (Bolt, p. 89) Thus, with this belief More took every action to not to trap himself but rather be protected by the law. He avoided all events that may be misinterpreted as treason. When Signor Chapuys came to More to inform him that the people in Yorkshire were ready for resistance by force of arms, More deliberately misinterpreted it as “Metaphorical arms. The breastp ....