[120] See LINGARD, sixth edition, vol. iv. p. 164.
[121] HALL, p. 507.
[122] He married Catherine, June 3, 1509. Early in the spring of 1510 she miscarried.—Four Years at the Court of Henry VIII. vol. i. p. 83.
Jan. 1, 1511. A prince was born, who died Feb. 22.—HALL.
Nov. 1513. Another prince was born, who died immediately.—LINGARD, vol. iv, p. 290.
Dec. 1514. Badoer, the Venetian ambassador, wrote that the queen had been delivered of a still-born male child, to the great grief of the whole nation.
May 3, 1515. The queen was supposed to be pregnant. If the supposition was right, she must have miscarried.—Four Years at the Court of Henry VIII. vol. i. p. 81.
Feb. 18, 1516. The Princess Mary was born.
July 3, 1518. "The Queen declared herself quick with child." (Pace to Wolsey: State Papers, vol. i. p. 2,) and again miscarried.
These misfortunes we are able to trace accidentally through casual letters, and it is probable that these were not all. Henry's own words upon the subject are very striking:—