[265] State Papers, vol. vii. p. 241.
[266] Friar Pallavicino to the Bishop of Bath. Rolls House MS.
[267] Croke and Omnibow to the King. Rolls House MS.
[268] Generalis magister nostri ordinis mandavit omnibus suæ religionis professoribus, ut nullus audeat de auctoritate Pontificis quicquam loqui. Denique Orator Cæsareus in talia verba prorupit, quibus facile cognovi ut me a Pontifice vocari studeat et tunc timendum esset saluti meæ. Father Omnibow to Henry VIII. Rolls House MS.
[269] BURNET'S Collect. p. 50. Burnet labours to prove that on Henry's side there was no bribery, and that the emperor was the only offender; an examination of many MS. letters from Croke and other agents in Italy leads me to believe that, although the emperor only had recourse to intimidation, because he alone was able to practise it, the bribery was equally shared between both parties.
[270] LEGRAND, vol. iii. p. 458. The Grand Master to the King of France:—De l'autre part, adventure il n'est moins a craindre, que le Roy d'Angleterre, irrité de trop longues dissimulations, trouvast moyen de parvenir a ses intentions du consentement de l'Empereur, et que par l'advenement d'un tiers se fissent ami, Herode et Pilate.
[271] Ibid. vol. iii. p. 467, etc.
[272] Letter from the King of France to the President of the Parliament of Paris. Rolls House MS.
[273] Letter from Reginald Pole to Henry VIII. Rolls House MS.
[274] Pole to Henry VIII. Rolls House MS.