he will find some occasion to quit himself of her
also. Our sex will not be too well satisfied if these practices come
into vogue; and, though I have no fancy to expose myself to danger, yet,
being a woman, I will pray with the rest that God will have mercy on
us."--_The Pilgrim_, p. 117.
[614] Within four months the northern counties were in arms. Castle and
cottage and village pulpit rang with outcries against the government.
Yet, in the countless reports of the complaints of the insurgents, there
is no hint of a suspicion of foul play in the late tragedy. If the
criminality of the king is self-evident to us, how could it have been
less than evident to Aske and Lord Darcy?
[615] _Lords' Journals_, p. 84.
[616] He had been very ill.
[617] 26 Hen. VIII. cap. 1.
[618] Ibid. cap. 10.
[619] Including Latimer and Cranmer.
[620] _Lords' Journals._
[621] 28 Hen. VIII. cap. 7. The three last paragraphs, I need scarcely
say, are a very brief epitome of very copious language.
[622] The archbishop's sentence of divorce was at the same time
submitted to Convocation and approved by it.
[623] The King of Scots: 28 Hen. VIII. c. 24.
[624] 28 Hen. VIII. cap. 7.
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