The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)

by James Anthony Froude

[255] A ce qu'il m'en a declaré des fois plus de trois en secret, il seroit content que le dit mariage fust ja faict, ou par dispense du Legat d'Angleterre ou autrement; mais que ce ne fust par son autorité, in aussi diminuant sa puissance, quant aux dispenses, et limitation de droict divin.—Dechiffrement de Lettres de M. de Tarbès.—LEGRAND, vol. iii. p. 408.

[256] LEGRAND, vol. iii. p. 408.

[257] State Papers, vol. vii. p. 230.

[258] The Bishop of Tarbès to the King of France. LEGRAND, vol. iii. p. 401.

[259] State Papers, vol. vii. p. 234.

[260] Ibid. p. 235.

[261] We demand a service of you which it is your duty to concede; and your first thought is lest you should offend the emperor. We do not blame him. That in such a matter he should be influenced by natural affection is intelligible and laudable. But for that very reason we decline to submit to so partial a judgment.—Henry VIII. to the Pope: BURNET'S Collectanea, p. 431.

[262] LEGRAND, vol. iii. p. 394.

[263] State Papers, vol. vii. p. 317.

[264] For Croke's Mission, see BURNET, vol. i. p. 144 e.