[107] Gayangos, Cal., vol. iv., pt. ii., p. 795.
[108] Heylin, History of Queen Mary, 10.
[109] Pricks of conscience.
[110] Arundel MS. 151, fol. 194, Brit. Mus. This letter was printed by Burnet with several inaccuracies.
CHAPTER IV.
VIA DOLOROSA.
1533-1536.
A crisis of some sort was generally thought to be at hand, although its precise nature remained a mystery for a few days longer. The King’s subjects made no secret of their satisfaction, because Anne had not fulfilled the confident prognostications of the astrologers, who had flattered her with assurances that she would present Henry with a son. Not only did they rejoice in her disappointed ambition, and in the visible cooling of Henry’s passion, but they now began to entertain hopes that Mary would not be so completely set aside in the succession as they had been led to expect.