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The Reformation In England

Volume Two Book One England Begins to Cast off the Papacy

CHAPTER 1

The Nation and its Parties Autumn, 1529

Diverse Religious Tendencies — Evangelical Reformation and Legal Reformation — Creation of a Mighty Protestantism — Election of a New Parliament — Alarm of the Clerical Party — The Three Parties — The Society of Christian Brethren — General Movement in London — Banquet and Conversations of Peers and Members of Parliament — Agitation among the People

CHAPTER 2

Parliament and its Grievances November, 1529

Impulse given to Political Liberty by the Reformation — Grievances put Forward by the House of Commons — Exactions, Benefices, Holy Days, Imprisonments — The House of Commons Defend the Evangelicals — Question of the Bishops — Their Answer — Their Proceedings in the Matter of Reform

CHAPTER 3

Early Reforms End of 1529

Abuses Pointed Out and Corrected — The Clergy Reform in Self-Defense — Fisher Accuses the Commons who Complain to the King — Subterfuge of the Bishops — Rudeness of the Commons — Suppression of Pluralities and Non-Residence — These Reforms Insufficient — Joy of the People — Sorrow of the Clergy

CHAPTER 4

Anne Boleyn’s Father Meets the Emperor and the Pope Winter, 1530

Motives of Henry VIII — Congress al Bologna — Henry Sends an Embassy — Cranmer Added to the Embassy — The Pope’s Embarrassment and Alarm — Clement Grants the Englishmen an Audience — The Pope’s Foot — Threats — Wiltshire Received and Checked by Charles — Discontent of the English — Wiltshire’s Departure — Cranmer Remains

CHAPTER 5

Oxford and Cambridge Debate the Divorce Winter, 1530

Parties at Cambridge — A Noisy Assembly — Murmurs against the Evangelicals — A Meeting Declares for the King — Honor Paid to Scripture — The King’s Severe Letter to Oxford — Opposition of the Younger Members of the University — The King’s Anger — Another Royal Mission to Oxford — The University Decides for the Divorce — Evangelical Courage of Chaplain Latimer — The King and the Chancellor of Cambridge

CHAPTER 6

Henry Appeals to Foreign Opinion January to September, 1530

The Sorbonne Deliberates on the Divorce — The French Universities Sanction the Divorce — The Italian Universities Do Likewise — Opinion of Luther — Cranmer at Rome — The English Nobles Write to the Pope — The Pope Proposes that the King Should Have Two Wives — Henry’s Proclamation against Papal Bulls

CHAPTER 7

Latimer at Court January to September, 1530

Latimer tempted by the Court, Fortified by Study — Christian Individuality — Latimer Desires to Convert the King — Desires for the Church, Poverty, the Cross, and the Bible — He Prays the King to Save his own Soul — Latimer’s Preaching — No Intermingling of the Two Powers — Latimer’s Boldness in the Cause of Morality — Priests Denounce Him to the King — Noble Character of the Reformers

CHAPTER 8

The King Seeks Tyndale January to May, 1531

The Ivy and the Tree, or the Practice of Popery — Vaughan Looks for the Invisible Tyndale — Vaughan visited by a Stranger — Interview between Vaughan and Tyndale in a Field — Tyndale Mistrusts the Clergy — The King’s Indignation — Tyndale is Touched by the Royal Compassion — The King Wishes to Gain Fryth — Faith First, and then the Church — Henry Threatens the Evangelicals with War

CHAPTER 9

The King of England—”Head of the Church” January to March, 1531

Supremacy of the Pope Injurious to the State — All the Clergy Declared Guilty — Challenged to Recognize the Royal Supremacy — Anguish of the Clergy — They Negotiate and Submit — Discussions in the Convocation of York — Danger of the Royal Supremacy

CHAPTER 10

The King Puts Catherine away March to June, 1531

The Divorce Question Agitates the Country — A Case of Poisoning — Reginald Pole — Pole’s Discontent — The King’s Favors — Pole’s Frankness and Henry’s Anger — Bids Henry Submit to the Pope — Queen Catherine Leaves the Palace

CHAPTER 11

“Not Sparing the Flock” September, 1531 to 1532

Stokesley Proposes that the Inferior Clergy Shall Pay — Riot among the Priests — The Bishop’s Speech — A Battle — To Conciliate the Clergy, Henry Allows Them to Persecute the Protestants

CHAPTER 12 The Martyrs

1531

The Repentant Bilney Preaches in the Fields — His Enemies and his Friends — Bilney Put into Prison, where He Meets Petit — Disputation and Trial — Bilney Condemned to Die — The Parting Visit of his Friends — He is Led out to Punishment — His Last Words — His Death — Imprisonment and Martyrdom of Bayfield — Tewkesbury Bound to the Tree of Truth — His Death — Numerous Martyrs

CHAPTER 13

The King Despoils the Pope and Clergy March to May, 1532

Character of Thomas Cromwell — Supplications against the Ordinaries — The Clergy Bend before the King — Two Contradictory Oaths — Priestly Rumors — Sir Thomas More Resigns — Act of Annates — The Two Evils of a Regal Reform

CHAPTER 14

Liberty of Inquiry and Preaching 1532

The Perils of a Prosperous Nation — Lambert and Free Inquiry — Luther’s Principles — Images or the Word of God — Freedom of Preaching — St. Paul Burnt by the Bishop — Latimer Disgusted with the Court — More Thieves than Shepherds — A Don Quixote of Catholicism — Latimer Summoned before the Primate — His Firmness — Attempt to Entrap Him — His Refusal to Recant — Excommunicated — Expedient of the Bishops — Latimer saved by his Conformity with Luther

CHAPTER 15

Henry VIII Attacks Romanists and Protestants 1532

The Franciscans Preach against the King — Henry Likened to Ahab — Disturbance in the Chapel — Christian Meetings in London — Bainham persecuted by More — Summoned to Abjure — The Fatal Kiss — Bainham’s Anguish — The Tragedy of Conscience — Bainham visited in his Dungeon — The Bed of Roses — The Persecutor’s Suicide — Effect of the Martyrdoms — The True Church of God

CHAPTER 16

The New Primate of All England February, 1532 to March, 1533

Who shall be Warham’s Successor? — Cranmer at Nuremberg — Osiander’s Household — His Error — Cranmer Marries — Is Recalled to London — Refuses to Return — Follows the Emperor to Italy — Date of Henry’s Marriage with Anne Boleyn — Cranmer Returns to London — Struggle between the King and Cranmer — The Pope Has no Authority in England — Appointment of Bishops without the Pope — Cranmer Protests Thrice — All Weakness is a Fault — The True Doctrine of the Episcopate — The Appeal of the Reformers

CHAPTER 17

Queen Catherine Descends from the Throne, and Anne Boleyn Ascends it November, 1532 to July, 1533

Clement Suggests that Henry Should Have Two Wives — His Perilous Journey to Bologna — His Exertions for the Divorce — King’s Marriage with Anne Becomes Known — France and England Separate — A Threatening Brief — The Pope Perplexed — Parliament Emancipates England — Cranmer’s Letter to the King — Modification Demanded by the King — Henry Expresses Himself Clearly — Meeting of the Ecclesiastical Court — Catherine’s Firmness — Her Marriage Annulled — Queen Anne Presented to the People — Her Progress through the City — Feelings of the New Queen — Catherine and Anne — Threats of the Pope and the King

CHAPTER 18

Fryth in the Tower August, 1532 to May, 1533

Fryth’s Charming Character — He Returns to England — Purgatory — Homer Saves Fryth — The Eating of Christ — Fryth Goes over England — Tyndale’s Letter to Fryth — More Hunts after Fryth — More’s Ill temper — More and Fryth — Fryth in Prison — He Writes the Bulwark — Rastell converted — Fryth’s Visitors in the Tower — Fryth and Petit — Cause and Effect

CHAPTER 19

A Reformer Chooses rather to Lose his Life than Save it May to July, 1533

Fryth Summoned before a Royal Commission — Tyndale’s Letter to Fryth — Cranmer Attempts to Save Him — Lord Fitzwilliam, Governor of the Tower — Fryth removed to Lambeth — Attempt at Conciliation — Fryth Remains firm — A Prophecy Concerning the Lord’s Supper — The Gentleman and the Porter Desire to Save Fryth — Their Plan — Fryth Will Not Be Saved — Fryth before the Episcopal Court — Interrogated on the Real Presence — Cranmer Cannot Save Him — Fryth’s Condemnation and Execution — Influence of his Writings

CHAPTER 20

The Isolation of England 1533

Sensation Caused by Anne’s Marriage — Henry’s Isolation — The Protestants Reject Him — Birth of Elizabeth — A new Star — English Envoys at Marseilles — Bonner and Gardiner — Prepare for a Declaration of War — The Pope’s Emotion — Henry Appeals to a General Council — The Pope’s Anger — Francis I and Clement understand One Another — The Pope’s Answer — Bonner’s Rudeness — Henry’s Proclamation against the Pope — The Dividing Point

CHAPTER 21

Parliament Abolishes Papal Usurpations in England January To March, 1534

Henry Desires to Separate Christendom from Rome — A Buffet to the Pope — The People, Not the King, Want the Reformation — The Pope Tries to Gain Henry — Cranmer Presses Forward — The Commons against Papal Authority — Abolition of Romish Exactions — Parliament Declares for the Faith of the Scriptures — Henry Condemned at Rome — The Pope’s Disquietude — A Great Dispensation

BOOK TWO

England Breaks with Rome

CHAPTER 1

A Conspiracy against the Reformation March & April, 1534

A Critical Time — The King Condemned at Rome — Two Days Too Late — The English Envoys and the Bishop of Paris — Miscalculations of the English Envoys — The People and the Clergy against the Pope — Reaction of UItramontanism — An Epileptic Girl — The Nun of Kent — Scene in a Chapel — Oracles and Miracles — Political Enterprise — The Nun before the King — Her Partisans Increase in Number — Attempts to Bring over Sir Thomas More — The Conspiracy — New Allies — The Nun and the Conspirators Are Arrested — Contrition of Sir Thomas More — Condemnation of the Criminal — Death of the Maid of Kent

CHAPTER 2

The Church Becomes a Department of State Christmas, 1533 to June, 1534

The King’s Proceedings against Catherine — The Monks and the Priests Renounce the Pope — Preparations of Charles V against Henry — Henry Prepares to Resist him — The Two Chiefs of the Anti-Roman Party — The Orator of the Reformation — The King Abolishes the Authority of the Pope — The Sheriffs Ordered to See the Proclamation Carried Out — The Church, a Department of the State — Authority in the Church — Form which the Church Might Have Assumed — Various Systems

CHAPTER 3

Tyndale and his Enemies 1534 to August 1535

Tyndale Translates the Old Testament at Antwerp — His Charity and Zeal — Joye Pretends to Correct his Version — Tyndale’s Noble Protest — Anne Protects the Friends of the Gospel — Her Message in Harman’s Favor — Discontent of the King — Plot against Tyndale — Snares Laid for him — Stratagem — Attempt at Bribery — Recourse to the Imperial Government — Tyndale’s House Surrounded — The Traitor — Tyndale’s Arrest — His Imprisonment in the Castle of Vilvorde — The Life of the Reformers: Apologies for the Reformation

CHAPTER 4

Henry VIII as King — Pontiff 1534–1535

Opposition of Certain Priests — Mental Restrictions — Fanatical Monks and Timid Monks — Agitation of Sir Thomas More — More and Fisher Refuse to Take the Oath — They are Taken to the Tower — The Carthusians Required to Swear — Paul III desires to Bring Back England — Henry Rejects the Papacy — Severe Laws Concerning his Primacy — The King Not the Head of the Church

CHAPTER 5

Henry Destroys his Opponents 1534–1535

Frankness and Misery of Sir Thomas More — Confusion in England — Character of Cranmer — Cranmer’s Work — The Bible to be Translated into English — Cranmer’s Joy — Failure of the Translation by the Bishops — Popish and Seditious Preachers — The King Orders the Carthusians to Reject the Pope — The Carthusians Resolve to Die — Threats of Revolt — Incompatibility of Popery and Liberty — The Carthusians are Condemned — Execution of the Three Priors — Henry Strikes on All Sides

CHAPTER 6

Two Notable Executions May to September, 1535

Fisher raised to the Cardinalate at Rome, condemned to Death at London — Piety of his Last Moments — His Christian Death — More before the Court of King’s Bench — He is Sentenced to Death — Taken Back to the Tower — Meeting with his Daughter — General Emotion — More’s Mortifications — Morning of 6^th July — His Last Words — His Death — Sensation Produced by these Two Executions — Effects on the Continent — Fanatical Bull against Henry VIII — Henry Justifies Himself at Rome — His Excuses Not Valid

CHAPTER 7

The Dissolution of the Smaller Monasteries September, 1535 to 1536

State of the Monasteries — Gluttonous Living — General Disgust — Cranmer’s Advice to the King — Children of Darkness Caught in a Net — General Visitation Ordered — The Laity Reappear — The Commissioners — The Universities — Cranmer on Rome — The Visitation Begins — Corruption of Morals in the Monasteries — Immorality in the Abbey of Langdon — Robberies, Debaucheries, Frauds — The Holy Bottle at Hales — The Fraud at Boxley — Coining False Money — Cruelties — The Visitors Besieged at Norton — The Nunneries — Apologists and Detractors — Many Monks and Nuns Set Free — Report of the Commissioners — Deliberations of the Council — Effect of the Report upon Parliament — Three Hundred and Seventy-Six Monasteries Abolished — Real Religious Homes — Latimer and Cranmer — Covetousness of the Nobility — Bad Use of the Monastic Property — Testimony of the Monks — The Measure Accomplished — Terror and Despair — New Institutions — National Prosperity — Social and Political Developments — Transformation of Society

CHAPTER 8

Henry Negotiates with German Lutherans 1534–1535

Henry VIII Makes Advances to Melanchthon — The Reformer Rejects Them — Luther and the Elector Incline to Henry — The Errors of Intolerance — A New English Embassy to Germany — The Alliance is Signed — Cranmer Saves Mary — Conference with Catherine — Catherine’s Firmness, Asceticism, and Illness — Preparations of Charles V against England — Catherine’s Will, her Farewell, and Death — Anne Boleyn’s Feelings on Hearing of her Death — England and Germany Seek to Unite — Theological Discussion at Wittenberg — Will Luther Concede Anything? — A Master and Slaves at the Court of England

CHAPTER 9

The Accusation of the Queen 1535 to May, 1536

Error Concerning the Beginning of the Reformation — Anne Boleyn’s Virtues and Good Works — Her Relations with Cranmer and Latimer — With Tyndale and Parker — Parker’s Christian Character — Anne Boleyn’s Character — The Truth about Queen Anne — Her Enemies — Henry Attracted by Jane Seymour — Queen Anne’s Manners — Her Anguish — Her Stillborn Son — Her Sadness and Anxiety — Anne’s Zeal for the Reformation — Discontent of the Ultramontanists — Anne’s Dangers Increase — Her Anxiety for her Daughter — The Four Articles of the Indictment — Character of Henry VIII — Commission of Enquiry — Brereton and Smeaton Arrested — The Tournament at Greenwich — The King Makes a Scene — Anne before Norfolk and the Council — Anne Boleyn in the Tower — Her Piety and Innocence — Her Sorrow — Critical Position of Cranmer — His Letter to the King — False Policy of Cranmer — Harsh Surveillance of the Queen — Peace and Agitation in her Heart — Extraordinary Transport

CHAPTER 10

The Execution of Anne Boleyn May, 1536

The Judge Acknowledges Anne’s Innocence — Her Enemies and her Renunciation of the World — Dignity of her Answer — Anne’s Letter to the King — Its Effect upon Henry — Northumberland’s Declaration — The Jury — Condemnation of Norris — The Queen and her Brother before the Peers — Anne’s Dignity — Effect Produced in the City — Sentence of Death — Anne’s Farewell Address to the Peers — Lord Rocheford condemned — The Four Gentlemen Beheaded — Henry Annuls his Marriage with Anne — Joy and Hope of the Pope — Anne’s Self-Reproach — Asks Pardon of Princess Mary — Anne’s Communion — Miracles of the Priests — Anne’s Last Message to Henry — Preparations upon the Tower Green — A Noble Pardon — Emotion Caused by that Christian Act — Death of Anne — Her Memory — The Royal Hunting Party — Henry Marries Jane Seymour — Effect of Anne’s Death on the Continent — What Share had Rome in it?

CHAPTER 11

Catholicism versus Protestantism Summer, 1536

Position of the Two Parties — The Pope Desires to Unite with England — Two Men in Henry VIII — Pole Determines to write to the King — Priests are Fathers, Kings are Sons — Henry Rules like the Turk — Pole Has Orders to Curse Henry — Sentiments of the King — Mary Pays Dear for her Reconciliation with the King — Ratification of Parliament — Order to Renounce the Pope — Language of the Worldings and the Christians — Convocation of the Clergy — Latimer’s Reforming Sermon — Necessity of the Reformation — The Lay Element Reappears — The Clergy Denounce Sixty-SevenMala Dogmata — The Prolocutor’s Charge before the Bishops — The Two Armies Front to Front — A Scotsman in the Convocation — What Cranmer Thought Essential — Fox Extols the Reformation — The Word of God the Source of Life — Alesius Is Excluded — Necessity of a Convocation

CHAPTER 12

Henry Enforces “Catholicism minus the Pope” Autumn, 1536

Henry Plays the Part of a Pope — Dogmas of the New Head of the Church — Articles about Religion — Baptism, Presence, Penance, Images, Prayers to Saints, Ceremonies, Purgatory — Different Opinions — The Articles Accepted — Cranmer’s Precautions to Prevent Mischief — Cromwell Vicegerent — Coverdale’s Bible — Evangelical Reaction — Various Testimonies — Persecutions — The Foundations of Faith

CHAPTER 13

The Pilgrimage of Grace October, 1536

Agitation in the Northern Counties — Ferment throughout the Country — Revolt in Lincolnshire — Twenty Thousand Insurgents — The King’s Threats — The Pilgrimage of Grace — Sermon of Latimer — Aske’s Address — The Nobility — The Earl of Northumberland — Henry’s Alarm — Panic in London — Brutality of the Rebels — The Lancaster Herald before the Rebel Chiefs — The Insurgent Army Marches on London — The Royal Proclamation — Propositions of the Rebels — They Disperse — Subsequent Revolts and Repressions

CHAPTER 14

The Martyrdom of Tyndale 1535 to October, 1536

Tyndale’s Characteristic — Imprisonment at Vilvorde — His Labors — Rogers Comes to his Help — Tyndale’s Legacy — The Bible About to Appear — A Light that Shines before Men — Intercession with the King on Behalf of Tyndale — Activity of Poyntz to save him — Poyntz Attacked by Philips — Tyndale’s Firmness — All Things Combine against Tyndale — His Great Offense — Tyndale’s Words — Tyndale Degraded — Led to Punishment — He Dies Praying for the King — Petition for the Circulation of the Whole Bible — The King Consents — Consequences of the Act — How the Bible was Received — Inward Power of Scripture

BOOK THREE

Reformation, Reaction, Relief

CHAPTER 1

Three Parties Divide England 1536–1540

Birth of Edward VI — Death of the Queen — A New Wife Sought by the King — Relations of Henry VIII with the Swiss — English Students in Switzerland — A Letter to Calvin — Works of Swiss Theologians — The King’s Opinions on these Works — Reginald Pole — Made Cardinal — Legate beyond the Alps — Anger of Henry VIII — Pole in France and Belgium — Failure of his Mission — His Return to Rome — German Divines in England — Protracted Discussions — Ill Will of Some of the Bishops — Fruitless Attempts at Conciliation — Departure of the German Doctors — Melanchthon’s Letter to Henry VIII

CHAPTER 2

An “Appeal to Caesar” and its Outcome 1538

Gardiner — His Return to England — Instigation to Persecution — Sampson, Bishop of Chichester — A Conspiracy against the Reformation — A Return to Old Usages — The Minister John Lambert — His Treatise on the Lord’s Supper — His Appeal to the King — Appearance before the King — Examination — His Confession of Evangelical Doctrine — His Resolute Declaration on the Sacrament — Cranmer’s Answer — The King’s Anger — Lambert Condemned to Be Burnt — His Execution — Flatteries Addressed to the King

CHAPTER 3

The “Whip of Six Strings” 1538–1540

Negotiations for the King’s Marriage — Their Failure — Printing of the Bible at Paris — The Printing Stopped — Completion of the Work in London — Divisions — Attempted Compromise — Its Failure — The King’s Fears — The Six Articles — Cranmer’s Opposition — Latimer’s Resignation of his See — The King’s Advances to Cranmer, Cromwell, and Norfolk — Cranmer’s Time-Serving — Five Hundred Sent to Prison — Feeling in Germany — The Articles Condemned at Wittenberg and Geneva — Melanchthon’s Letter to the King of England — The King Appeased — Puerile Games

CHAPTER 4

A Bitter Cup for Henry VIII 1539–1540

Anne of Cleves — Praises Uttered of Her — Her Simple Character — Her Arrival in England — The King’s Disappointment — His Desire to Get Rid of Her — His Fear to Break Off the Engagement — The Marriage Celebrated at Greenwich — Henry’s Complaint to Charles V — Ill Will of Charles — The King’s Distrust — Preaching of the Gospel Ordered by Cromwell — Gardiner’s Sermon — Barnes’s Sermon — His Boldness — His Imprisonment — Numerous Editions of the Bible

CHAPTER 5

The Disgrace and Death of Thomas Cromwell 1540

Cromwell Threatened — Loaded with Honors by the King — The King’s Intention — The King’s Letter to Cromwell — Arrest of Cromwell — Foolish Charges — The Real Motive of the Blow — Cromwell Abandoned by All his Friends — Defended by Cranmer Alone — Cranmer’s Letter to the King — The Bill of Attainder — Heresy — The Accuser — No Trial — The Examination — The Bill Carried in Both Houses — Condemnation — Cromwell’s Letter to the King — The King’s Hesitation — Catherine Howard — The Queen Sent Away — Cromwell on the Scaffold — His Profession of Faith — His Confession and Prayer — His Death — His Character

CHAPTER 6

The Divorce of Anne of Cleves 1540

Singular Impartiality — A Procession of Martyrs, Three Evangelists, Three Papists — Preparations for Divorce of the Queen — A Shameful Comedy — The King’s Hypocrisy — Convocation of the Clergy — The Marriage Declared Void — The Divorce Accepted by Anne of Cleves

CHAPTER 7

Catherine Howard, the Fifth Queen 1540

Marriage of the King with Catherine Howard — His Return to Catholicism — Royal Infallibility — Catholic Reaction — Bonner, Bishop of London — A Young Martyr — The Prisons Filled — The King Praised by Francis I — Martyrdom of a Reader of the Bible — Conspiracy against Cranmer — The Archbishop’s Firmness — Charges against Him — Cranmer before the Privy-Council — The King’s Ring — Cranmer’s Enemies Confounded — The King’s Love for the Queen — Terrible Revelations — Guilt of the Queen — Cranmer’s Visit to her — Frenzy of the Queen — Cranmer’s Emotion — Condemnations and Executions — The Queen Executed — Her Guilt undoubted — Convocation of the Clergy — A Sharp Blow Struck at Convocation by Cranmer — Remarkable Progress of the Reformation

CHAPTER 8

Cranmer Pursues his Task 1542

Richard Hilles, a London Merchant — His Studies and Readings — Cranmer’s Cautious Promotion of the Reformation — Amendment in Doctrine — Catherine Parr — Her Character — Another Plot against Cranmer — His Forgiveness of his Enemies — Several Martyrs — Marbeck’s English Concordance — Henry’s Complaints against France — His Alliance with Charles V — War with France — Sympathies of the Italians — Persecutors Punished

CHAPTER 9

The Last Martyrs of Henry’s Reign 1545

Session of Parliament — The King’s Speech — The Rod and the Royal Schoolmaster — Anne Askew — Her Trial — Examinations — Her Release — Again Imprisoned — Her Steadfastness — Her Discretion — In Prison — Condemned to be Burnt — A Royal Proclamation — Anne Askew Tortured by the Lord Chancellor — Led to Execution — Death of the Martyrs — Approaching Triumph of their Doctrines

CHAPTER 10

Death Casts its Shadow over Catherine Parr 1546

The Queen’s Piety — Her Rash Zeal — Conversations with the King — The King Offended — Conspiracy of the Catholic Leaders — The King’s Distrust — A Prosecution Ordered — The Bill of Indictment — The Queen Unsuspecting — The Indictment in her Hands — Her Distress — Her Interview with the King — Her Declaration — Rescue — Astonishment of her Enemies — Her Forgiveness of Them

CHAPTER 11

The Last Days of Henry VIII 1546 to January, 1547

Disgrace of Gardiner — Two Parties at the Court — The Howard’s and the Seymour’s — Ambition of the Howard’s — Proceedings against Norfolk and Surrey — The King’s Impatience — Searches — A Divided House — Execution of Surrey — Humble Appeal of Norfolk — Inflexibility of the King — Last Hours of the King — His Death — His Will — Henry VIII to Be condemned as a Man, a King, and a Christian

The End of Volume Two