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of

yet heard

the

letter
of

presses
ex-

he

manifests

having

this

of

days

mistress, and

(8)

Henry
not

tember,
Sep-

and

of his

his

Campeggio,

date
the

to

letter

astonishment

of

effusion

visit

of

series,the king

the

the

must

(i

few

satisfaction

from

arrival

end

second

extreme

pays

Wolsey,

the

the

In

fifth of this

viz., the

both

within

written

(17),

which

letters

two

are

the

the

about

sixth

of

Paris, and

written

certainly

which

on

the

and

July,

king speaks

there

each

time, and

has

letter, probably written

of

the

been

have

which

disorder

observations.

month

which

as

some

this

Between
in the

it

to

legate,in
may

thus

September.

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fourth

The

is the

August,

of

period
king

of

he is

that

in

succeed

finding

The

of

the

the
of

cause

the

the

final

Anne,

Claude,
returned

queen
to

loves.

which

makes

the

in

legate

as

affair

of

the

this

dence
correspon-

Francis

England

about

[If]

for

open

point.
Boleyn,

of

Earl
years

which

at

1529,

of Sir Thomas

many

heart

the

he

of

shall

he

legates was

created

of

love," and

in

whom

of that

daughter

passing

place

May,

decision

He

whole

whether

that

of

court

subsequently
after

of

delay

in

ended
the

dart

illness

divorce, shows

time

above

(i8),

letter

last

mention

of her

affedions

and

the

the

Boleyn.

been

yet certain

not

of

Anne

"having
with

struck

year

for

the

it fixes

as

commencement

affedion

complains

the

inasmuch

the

the

interesting of

most

colledion,

whole

in

written

(i),apparently

Wiltshire,

the

at

the

court

of

of

France,

end

of the

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she

then

of

from

the

shown

Pope.

The

the

king

by

much

so

it

thought
the

remove

and

it

ver,

during

was

of

seat

letters

were

royal

lover.

It

them

the

some

of them

these

and

scarcelyleave
of his

by

in
to

doubt

to

court;
He-

at

that

Kent,
her

that

by

her

render

to

They

ardour

room

the

doubt

French.

that

family to

retirement

no

an

her

from

agreeable
in

Boleyn

slander

and

father^s

was

divorce

Anne

addressed

more

fondness

for

1, who

preference

marked

this

her

VI

soHciting a

favourite

the

attracted

Henry

advisable

new

of honour

maid

jealousy

raised
was

in

engaged

eighteen. Here

and

Katherine,

particularattentions
was

of

age

appointed

soon

was

Queen

to

the

at

1525,

year

he

wrote

breathe

which

could

the

sincerity

love.

IF
We

have
to

reprinted

call attention

Mr.

alii well

to

the

change

[Ifi]

lips
Philin

or-

jQotes
der

in this edition.

the

letters

old

order

into

6th

being

showed

by

group
the

first

Anne's

passion
The

is fixed

correspondence
the
The

8th

2th

is after

are

before

his

book

August,

in
and

return.

No.

15

No.

16

20th, by Wolsey's
Anne.

No.

17

the

14,

court.

the

to

order

June,

13 th and

The
fixes
is fixed

the

14th

reference
the
for

date

is fixed

for

1528),

[ m

as

for

September

arrival
and

to

August

finding a lodging

(i6th?) by Campeggio's
(September

and

1528,

left the

of

other

in

and
references),

July 5th;

her

1526.

relate

(end

incidental

by

she
nth

and

sickness

sweating
fixed

loth

9th,

from

February,

June before

to

gave

Henry's

court.

references

by

the

(July, 1527),

to

to

first six

we

therefore

date

the

themselves,

date

return

must

7th

that

which

to

of

study

impossible. The

nearly approximate
before

little

very

themselves
was

fall

No.

at

Paris
18

by

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his

illness

ber. The

scheme

had

Brewer

of

therefore

this

old

16,2,

17,

Page

libi."

State

11,3,

and

in his

him

to

Anne

to

lo,

5,

i,

15,18,8.

14,

"Aut

there,

6,

Boleyn,
nul-

illic,aut

nowhere.

or

"H.

means

seeks

no

(heart).R."

xiii.
letter

Henry

VIII

written

was

xvi.

Henry

VIII

February,
esse."

est

9, 12,7,

1527.

signature

Mr.

them

4,

was

VIII

Henry

Either

other

that

is due.

13,

July,

The

Papers,

order

Odo-

partly worked

observed

arrangement

X.

Written

been

editor

of

end

already arranged

Calendar

The

had

the

when

out

the

towards

as

Anne

to

in
to

Boleyn,

July,

1527.

Anne

Boleyn,

ten
Writ-

posse

non

1528. "Ultra

One

can't

This

do

than

more

the

possible.
xviii.
MS.

June

Anne

Cott,
II,

Boleyn

to

Cardinal

Vitellius,B. xii. f.
1528.

Printed

by

[ Itini ]

4.

Ellis

Wolsey,
Written
as

from

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of

Katherine
from

letter

for

him

Anne

is found

this, and
X.

f. 218

vol.

to

Otho,

c.

and

104,

i).

ten
Boleyn, Writ-

Anne

June

sickness.

This

brother."

charge

Written

XXX.

Cott,

Anne

to

written

Your

xxviii.

is the

MS.

to

VIII

about

wards
after-

executed

June

to

22,

VIII

as

to

Anne

536

Anne

(?), 1528.

Stain.

[lir]

Boleyn.

1528. "Welze"
"

Welshe

Zouch.
"Destain."

demic.
1528 epi-

George Boleyn,

"

July

is the

VIII

person

Henry

The

"It."

of incest.

Henry

same

Boleyn, This

20.

Rochford,

Viscount
on

in

similar

165 1528.

was

sweating

"

VIII

Henry

Henry

letter

is very

Original Letters,

June
XXV.

It

thanking

(printed in Burnet^ i,

in Ellis
xxii.

is another

Wolsey,

to

present.

There

Arragon.

on

p.

Boleyn,

"Suche"

is

xxx.

ten
Writ-

ably
prob-

Jl3ote0

xxxiv.

Henry

VIII

20,

1528.

July
xxxvii.

VIII

Henry

July

Boleyn.

ten
Writ-

AnneBoleyn,

to

ten
Writ-

1528.

21,

xxxix.

Anne

to

Henry

VIII

August,

Anne

to

oleyn.

"Elengeness."

1528.

ten
Writliness,
Lone-

misery.
book."

"My
his

marriage
xli.

xliii.

with

Henry

August

On

the

unlawfulness

of

Katherine.

VIII

to

Anne

Boleyn.

Written

1528.

20,

Henry

VIII

September
arrived

to

16,

Anne

ten
Writ-

Campeggio

1528.

Calais

at

Boleyn,

on

Monday,

tually
ac-

tember
Sep-

14.

xlv.

at

Henry
the

VIII

end

of

to

Anne

Odober,

Boleyn,
1528.

ten
Writ-