In the Roman Republic there was a Tribune of the People, whose person
was inviolable like an ambassador’s. There was much the same idea
in Becket’s attempt to remove the Priest, who was then the popular
champion, from the ordinary courts. We shall have no Tribune; for we
have no republic. We shall have no Priest; for we have no religion. The
best we deserve or can expect is a Fool who shall be free; and who shall
deliver us with laughter.