ite sister, to whose
issue, in preference to that of Margaret, he left the crown by will.
The vindictive suspicions which afterwards grew to rank luxuriance in
Henry's mind were scarcely budding as yet; his favour to Suffolk and
affection for Mary were proof against the intrigues in his Court. The
contrast was marked between the event and the terrors which Wolsey had
painted; and it is hard to believe that the Cardinal played an
entirely disinterested part in the matter.[201] It was obviously his
cue to exaggerate the King's anger, and to represent to the Duke that
its mitigation was due to the Cardinal's influence; and it is more
than possible that Wolsey found in Suffolk's indiscretion the means of
removing a dangerous rival. The "two obstinate men" who had ruled (p. 085)
in Henry's camp were not likely to remain long united; Wolsey could
hardly approve of any "second king" but himself, especially a "second
king" who had acquired a family bond with the first. The Venetian
ambassador plainly hints that it was through Wolsey that Suffolk lost
favour.[202] In the occasional notices of him during the next few
years it is Wolsey, and not Henry, whom Suffolk is trying to appease;
and we even find the Cardinal secretly warning the King against some
designs of the Duke that probably existed only in his own
imagination.[203]

[Footnote 196: _Ibid._, ii., 367, 226. The letters
relating to this episode in _L. and P._ are often
undated and sometimes misplaced; _e.g._, this last
is placed under March, although from Nos. 295, 296,
319, 327, 331, we find that Mary did not leave
Paris till 16th April.]

[Footnote 197: _L. and P._, ii., 468.]

[Footnote 198: _Ven. Cal._, ii., 618.]

[Footnote 199: _Ven. Cal._, ii., 638.]

[Footnote 200: _L. and P._, ii., 436.]

[Footnote 201: Brewer's view is that Wolsey saved
Suffolk from ruin on this occasion.]

[Footnote 202: _Ven. Cal._, ii., 919.]

[Footnote 203: _L. and P._, ii., 4057, 4308; iii.,
1.]

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This episode threw into the shade the main purpose of Suffolk's
embassy to France. It was to renew the treaty concluded the year
before, and apparently also the d