[424] Ibid. vol. i. p. 210.

[425] See State Papers, vol. i. pp. 415, 420, etc.

[426] BURNET’S Collectanea, p. 22.  It is very singular that in the original Bull of Julius, the expression is “forsan consummavissetis;” while in the brief, which, if it was genuine, was written the same day, and which, if forged, was forged by Catherine’s friends, there is no forsan.  The fact is stated absolutely.

[427] LORD HERBERT, p. 163.  BURNET. vol. iii. p. 123.

[428] State Papers, vol. i. pp. 390. 391.

[429] Ye therefore duly recognising that it becometh you not, being our subject, to enterprise any part of your said office in so weighty and great a cause pertaining to us being your prince and sovereign, without our licence obtained so to do; and therefore in your most humble wise ye supplicate us to grant unto you our licence to proceed.—­State Papers, vol. i. p. 392.

[430] State Papers, vol. i. p. 392.

[431] Cromwell to the King on his Committal to the Tower:  BURNET, Collectanea, p. 500.

[432] So at least she called him a few days later.—­State Papers, vol. i. p. 420.  We have no details of her words when she was summoned; but only a general account of them.—­State Papers, vol. i. p. 394-5.

[433] The words of the sentence may be interesting:—­“In the name of God, Amen.  We, Thomas, by Divine permission Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, and Legate of the Apostolic See, in a certain cause of inquiry of and concerning the validity of the marriage contracted and consummated between the most potent and most illustrious Prince, our Sovereign Lord, Henry VIII., by the grace of God King of England and France, Defender of the Faith, and Lord of Ireland, and the most serene Princess, Catherine, daughter of his Most Catholic Majesty, Ferdinand, King of Spain, of glorious memory, we proceeding according to law and justice in the said cause which has been brought judicially before us in virtue of our office, and which for some time has lain under examination, as it still is, being not yet finally determined and decided; having first seen all the articles and pleas which have been exhibited and set forth of her part, together with the answers made thereto on the part of the most illustrious and powerful Prince, Henry VIII.; having likewise seen and diligently inspected the informations and depositions of many noblemen and other witnesses of unsuspected veracity exhibited in the said cause; having also seen and in like manner carefully considered not only the censures and decrees of the most famous universities of almost the whole Christian world, but likewise the opinions and determinations both of the most eminent divines and civilians, as also the resolutions and conclusions of the clergy of both Provinces of England in Convocation assembled, and many other wholesome instructions and doctrines