Suf. He is return'd in his opinions, which Almost in Christendom. Shortly, I believe, Nor. This same Cranmer's A worthy fellow, and hath ta'en much pain Suf. For it an Archbishop. Nor. He has; and we shall see him So I hear. Presently Wol. The packet, Cromwell, Gave't you the King? Cromwell. Wol. Look'd he o' th' inside of the paper? He did unseal them, and the first he view'd, 64 his opinions. Cranmer had sent these home in advance, having meanwhile won over the famous colleges. . . in Christendom. Foxe is authority, and is cited by Holinshed. Cf. BoswellStone's Holinshed, p. 478. The phrase is return'd in, which has puzzled the editors, seems to mean "is represented by." (R) 80 70-1 An enactment of Parliament, 1533. (R) 71 Prince Arthur. The deceased elder brother of Henry VIII., to whom Katharine had originally been betrothed. (R) 78 Presently, at once. Cf. below, l. 229. (R) It shall be to the Duchess of Alençon, The French King's sister: he shall marry her. —, No, we'll no Bullens. - Speedily I wish To hear from Rome. - The Marchioness of Pem broke. Nor. He's discontented. Suf. Does whet his anger to him. Sur. Lord, for thy justice. 90 May be he hears the King Sharp enough, Wol. The late Queen's gentlewoman, a knight's daughter, 85 the Duchess of Alençon. Rolfe says that she was "the daughter of Charles of Orleans, Count of Angoulême, married in 1509 to Charles, Duke of Alençon, who died in 1525. Two years later she was married to Henry d'Albret, King of Navarre." Hunter confounds her with Margaret of Valois, daughter of Henry II., and Catharine de' Medici, and queen to Henry of Navarre, afterwards Henry IV. of France. The Duchess of Alençon was the grandmother of Henry of Navarre. But see the note following. (R) 86 The French King's sister. Margaret, Duchess of Alençon, the well-known Marguerite of Navarre, had married Henry, King of Navarre, in January, 1527. Wolsey was ambassador to France, July-September, 1527, and these dates are irreconcilable with the supposition that Wolsey endeavoured while at Amiens to arrange a marriage between Henry and Margaret. Cf. Boswell-Stone, p. 453, Note 2. (R) 90 The Marchioness of Pembroke. This was the title Anne Bullen received. (R) 92 to, towards or against. (R) |