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| Heaven. which OF brings good from evil
And loves to disappoint the Devil"
ordained that Protestantism should first
set its feet in England.
Messengers were sent to Catherine to
request her to renounce her title ol
Queen and wife, but she said "no, new.
er;-she had been Henry's wife twenty.
four years, and she would not now ac.
knowledge herself his mistress"
The daughter proved no less head.
strong and blind to the interest of the
kingdom than the mother, for when call
ed upon to surrender her title of princess,
she herself wrote to the King, saying,
she neither could nor would in her con-
science think the contrary but that she
was his lawful daughter, born in true mat
rimony, and that she thought that he in
his own conscience did judge the same"
An attitude which Mr.. Fronde thinks
not necessarily censurable," though
singular" in one so young"
After the fall of Anne Boleyn, how
ever, Mary retreated from this position
and acknowledged herself illegitimate.
In the winter of 1880, Catherine of
Aragon died-a sorrowful and broken
hearted woman, but every inch a Queen
1t is gratifying to learn that on hearing
of her death, Henry I" is said to have
shed tears
ANNE BoLEYN.
Meanwhile the Coronation of Anne
Boleyn was celebrated with all the pomp
and splendor which Imagination could
conceive, or wealth and power bring to
pass.
The hope of an heir to the throne was
the sop with which Henry had pacifed
his parliament since the divorce was first
projected, and, FIVE months after the Cor
onation, all the bells of London rang out
the announcement that an heir had in
deed arrived, but, alas, it was ga daugh-
ter only! A daughter only, and great was
Henry's disappointment. Yet could we
have looked down the years, and beheld
this daughter in his own image ruling the
kingdom with absolute sway, he might
have taken heart again, and perchance
he might have refused to cast SO black
shadow over the name of Queen Eliza
beth's mother-Anne Boleyn.
In view of the dangers which now
threatened England-for the Pope still
pronounced the original marriage valid,
and was supported by the Emperor
Charles-new oaths of allegiance were
administered. These appear to have
been taken readily enough by the ma
jority, but were refused by Sir Thomas
More, and Fisher, Bishops of Rochester.
The clauses to which they declined to
bind themselves were those switch de-
clared illegal the marriage of the King
with Catherine, and the marriage legal
between the King and Queen Anne"
The consequence was that they were i'm
prisoned in the Tower for year, and
then executed for treason. 1t was peril
Gus to have mind of ones own in those
days.
Henry had carried his point in spite
of Pope, Emperor and all. He had won
the long-coveted whistle" but he had
paid very dear for it, and after all, like
many other whistles, it failed to afford
him the satisfaction he had anticipated.
Already there were rumors that he was
weary of his bride. A letter from the
French Ambassador, supposed to have
been written a few months after the
Kings marriage, contained the follow
ing: { His regard for the Queen is less
than it was, and diminishes every day.
He has new fancy, as you are aware"
The ''new fancy" was the usual maid
of honor. On the second Of May, 1886
Anne was arrested on charge of adultery
and brought before the privy council
"On her examination, she declared her.
self innocent
Three gentlemen were also arrested as
implicated with the Queen, but all "de-
MED resolutely' their guilt. On being
cross-examined, Smeton, a court musi-
clan, confessed. Norris on being press
ed, made similar acknowledgment, but
afterwards retracted, saying that he was
deceived into making it by Sir William
Fitzwilliam. "The result was unsatis-
factory, and it was thought that it would
much touch the Kings honor" if the
guilt of the accused was not proved
more clearly" They were recommi tied
to the Tower, but on the 18th of May,
were brought before the bar, found guilty
and condemned. On what evidence is
not known. They were executed on the
18th. Lord Rochfort, another person
accused, although he declared himself
innocent, was executed ON the same day.