[123] The account here given, that of Chapuys himself, is quaintly and minutely confirmed by that of one of the Spanish merchants who accompanied him, Antonio de Guaras, the author of the Spanish Chronicle of Henry VIII.
[124] See Chapuys’ many letters on the subject.
[125] Letters of Stephen Vaughan, Henry’s envoy to Germany. (Calendar Henry VIII., vol. 7, etc.)
[126] Letters of Chapuys in the autumn of 1534. (Spanish Calendar.)
[127] Chapuys to the Emperor, 2nd May 1536.
[128] Lady Shelton.
[129] The plans for Mary’s flight from Eltham and her deportation to the Continent were nearly successful at this time.
[130] Katharine had first met the saintly Friar Forest when she had gone on the famous pilgrimage to Walsingham after the victory of Flodden (October 1513), and on his first imprisonment she and her maid, Elizabeth Hammon, wrote heart-broken letters to him urging him to escape. (Calendar Henry VIII.)
[131] A vivid picture of the general discontent in England at this time, and the steadfast fidelity of the people to the cause of Katharine and Mary, is given by the French envoy, the Bishop of Tarbes. (Calendar Henry VIII., October 1535.)
[132] The suggestion had been tentatively put forward by the English Minister in Flanders three months before.