s and
kingdoms that thou mayest root up and destroy, build and plant, a lord
over all kings of the whole earth and over all peoples bearing
rule".[847] In virtue of this prerogative Henry was cut off from the
Church while he lived, removed from the pale of Christian society, and
deprived of the solace of the rites of religion; when he died, he must
lie without burial, and in hell suffer torment for ever.[848]

[Footnote 845: _L. and P._, vi., 793.]

[Footnote 846: _Ibid._, vi., 807, App. 3; vii.,
185. The declaration of it was at the same time
suspended until September, and the delicate
question of entrusting the _executoriales_ to
princes who repudiated the honour caused further
delays. The bull of excommunication was eventually
dated 30th August, 1535 (ix., 207); and a bull
depriving Henry of his kingdom was sanctioned,
printed and prepared for publication (x., Introd.,
p. xv., Nos. 82, 107), but first Francis and then
Charles put difficulties in the way. In December,
1538, Paul III., now that he, Charles and Francis
were united in the bond of friendship, published
with additions the bull of August, 1535 (XIII.,
ii., 1087, Introd., p. xli.). Even then no bull of
deprivation was published. Apparently that was an
honour reserved for Henry's daughter.]

[Footnote 847: Jeremiah i. 10. The Vulgate text
adopted in Papal bulls differs materially from that
in the English Authorised Version.]

[Footnote 848: See the text in Burnet, ed. Pocock,
iv., 318-31.]

What would be the effect of this terrific anathema? The omens looked
ill for the English King. If he had flouted the Holy See, he had also
offended the temporal head of Christendom. The Emperor's aunt had been
divorced, his cousin's legitimacy had been impugned, and the
despatches of his envoy, Chapuys, were filled with indignant
lamentations over the treatment meted out to Catherine and to her
daughter. Both proud and stubborn women, they resolutely refused to
admit in any way the validity of Henry's acts and recent legislation.
Catherin