of Henry--Death of the Duke
of Milan--Effect on European policy--Intended Bull of Paul III.--
Indecision of Charles--Prospect of war with France--Advice of
Charles to Catherine--Distrust of the Emperor at the Papal
Court--Warlike resolution of the Pope restrained by the Cardinals 347

CHAPTER XX.

Illness of Queen Catherine--Her physicians' report of her
health---Her last letter to the Emperor--She sends for Chapuys--
Interview between Chapuys and Henry--Chapuys at Kimbolton--Death
of Catherine--Examination of the body--Suspicion of poison--
Chapuys's opinion--Reception of the news at the Court--Message of
Anne Boleyn to the Princess Mary--Advice of Chapuys--Unpopularity
of Anne--Court rumours 371

CHAPTER XXI.

Funeral of Catherine--Miscarriage of Anne--The Princess Mary and
the Act of Supremacy--Her continued desire to escape--Effect of
Catherine's death on Spanish policy--Desire of the Emperor to
recover the English alliance--Chapuys and Cromwell--Conditions of
the treaty--Efforts of the Emperor to recover Henry to the
Church--Matrimonial schemes--Likelihood of a separation of the
King from Anne--Jane Seymour--Anne's conduct--The Imperial
treaty--Easter at Greenwich--Debate in Council--The French
Alliance or the Imperial--The alternative advantages--Letter of
the King to his Ambassador in Spain 389

CHAPTER XXII.

Easter at Greenwich--French and Imperial factions at the English
court--Influence of Anne Boleyn--Reports of Anne's conduct
submitted to the King--Flying rumours--Secret Commission of
Enquiry--Arrests of various persons--Sir Henry Norris and the
King--Anne before the Privy Council--Sent to the Tower--Her
behaviour and admissions--Evidence taken before the Commission--
Trials of Norris, Weston, Brereton, and Smeton--Letter of
Weston--Trial of Anne and her brother--Executions--Speech of
Rochford on the scaffold--Anne sentenced to die--Makes a
confession to Cranmer--Declared to have not been the King's
lawful wife--Nature of the confession not known--Execution 412

CHAPTER XXIII.

Competition for Henry's hand--Solicitations from France and from
the Emperor--Overtures from the Pope--Jane Seymour--General
eagerness for the King's marriage--Conduct of Henry in the
interval before Anne's execution--Marriage with Jane Seymour-