Cardinali de Monte factas fuisse; et modo si iterum fiant nihil
effecturas nisi ut illius viri quasi ulcera pertractent; id quod Vitandris
verum esse fatebatur pollicitusque est se, quum Rex a venatu rediisset
velle ei suadere ut Cardinalem de Monte aliqua presenti pensione
prosequatur; qua quidem tibi nihil conducibilius aut opportunius fieri
possit.

[381] _State Papers_, vol. iv. p. 612.

[382] Ibid, p. 616.

[383] The _State Papers_ contain a piteous picture of this business, the
hereditary feuds of centuries bursting out on the first symptoms of
ill-will between the two governments, with fire and devastation.--_State
Papers_, vol. iv. p. 620-644.

[384] If the said Earl of Angus do make unto us oath of allegiance, and
recognises us as Supreme Lord of Scotland, and as his prince and sovereign,
we then, the said earl doing the premises, by these presents bind ourself
to pay yearly to the said earl the sum of one thousand pounds
sterling.--Henry VIII. to the Earl of Angus: _State Papers_, vol. iv. p.
613.

[385] A letter of Queen Catherine to the Emperor, written on the occasion
of this visit, will be read with interest:--

"HIGH AND MIGHTY LORD,--Although your Majesty is occupied with your own
affairs and with your preparations against the Turk, I cannot,
nevertheless, refrain from troubling you with mine, which perhaps in
substance and in the sight of God are of equal importance. Your Majesty
knows well, that God hears those who do him service, and no greater service
can be done than to procure an end in this business. It does not concern
only ourselves--it concerns equally all who fear God. None can measure the
woes which will fall on Christendom, if his Holiness will not act in it and
act promptly. The signs are all around us in new printed books full of lies
and dishonesty--in the resolution to proceed with the cause here in
England--in the interview of these two princes, where the king, my lord, is
covering himself with infamy through the companion which he takes with him.
The country is full of terror and scandal; and evil may be looked for if
nothing be done, and inasmuch as our only hope is in God's mercy, and in
the favour of your Majesty, for the discharge of my conscience, I must let
you know the strait in which I am placed.

"I implore your Highness for the service of God, that you urge his Holiness
to be prompt in bringing the cause to a conclusion. The longer the delay
the harder the remedy wil