HAPTER XII.

Henry advised to marry without waiting for sentence--Meeting of
Henry and Francis--Anne Boleyn present at the interview--Value of
Anne to the French Court--Pressure on the Pope by the Agents of
the Emperor--Complaints of Catherine--Engagements of Francis--
Action of Clement--The King conditionally excommunicated--Demand
for final sentence--Cranmer appointed Archbishop of Canterbury--
Marriage of Henry and Anne Boleyn--Supposed connivance of the
Pope--The Nuncio attends Parliament--The Act of Appeals--The
Emperor entreated to intervene--Chapuys and the King 192

CHAPTER XIII.

The King's claim--The obstinacy of Catherine--The Court at
Dunstable--Judgment given by Cranmer--Debate in the Spanish
Council of State--Objections to armed interference--The English
opposition--Warning given to Chapuys--Chapuys and the Privy
Council--Conversation with Cromwell--Coronation of Anne Boleyn--
Discussions at Rome--Bull supra Attentatis--Confusion of the
Catholic Powers--Libels against Henry--Personal history of
Cromwell--Birth of Elizabeth--The King's disappointment--Bishop
Fisher desires the introduction of a Spanish army into England--
Growth of Lutheranism 218

CHAPTER XIV.

Interview between the Pope and Francis at Marseilles--Proposed
compromise--The divorce case to be heard at Cambray--The Emperor
consents--Catherine refuses--The story of the Nun of Kent--Bishop
Fisher in the Tower--Imminent breach with the Papacy--Catherine
and the Princess Mary--Separation of the Princess from her
mother--Catherine at Kimbolton--Appeals to the Emperor--
Encouragement of Lutheranism--Last efforts at Rome--Final
sentence delivered by the Pope--The Pope's authority abolished in
England 243

CHAPTER XV.

The Papal curse--Determined attitude of the Princess Mary--
Chapuys desires to be heard in Parliament--Interview with the
King--Permission refused--The Act of Succession--Catherine loses
the title of Queen--More and Fisher refuse to swear to the
statute--Prospects of rebellion in Ireland--The Emperor unwilling
to interfere--Perplexity of the Catholic party--Chapuys before
the Privy Council--Insists on Catherine's rights--Singular
defence of the Pope's action--Chapuys's intrigues--Defiant
attitude of Catherine--Fears for