Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Héere is to be noted, that the quéene in presence of the whole court most gréeuouslie accused the cardi|nall of vntruth,The quéene accuseth car|dinall Wolsie. deceit, wickednesse, & malice, which had sowne dissention betwixt hir and the king hir husband; and therefore openlie protested, that she did vtterlie abhorre, refuse, and forsake such a iudge, as was not onelie a most malicious enimie to hir, but also a manifest aduersarie to all right and iustice, and therewith did she appeale vnto the pope,She appeleth to the pope. committing hir whole cause to be iudged of him. But notwith|standing this appeale, the legats sat weekelie, and euerie daie were arguments brought in on both parts, and proofes alleaged for the vnderstanding of the case, and still they assaied if they could by anie meanes procure the quéene to call backe hir appeale, which she vtterlie refused to doo. The king would gladlie haue had an end in the matter,The king mistrusteth the legats of séeking de|laies. but when the legats draue time, and determined vpon no certeine point, he conceiued a suspicion, that this was doone of purpose, that their dooings might draw to none effect or conclusion.

The next court daie, the cardinals sat againe, at which time the councell on both sides were there rea|die to answer. The kings councell alleaged the ma|trimonie not to be lawfull at the beginning,The present mariage whie thought vn|lawfull. bicause of the carnall copulation had betwéene prince Ar|thur and the quéene. This matter was verie vehe|mentlie touched on that side, and to prooue it, they al|leaged manie reasons and similitudes of truth: and being answered negatiuelie againe on the other side, it seemed that all their former allegations were doubtfull to be tried, and that no man knew the truth. And thus this court passed from sessions to sessions, and daie to daie, till at certeine of their sessions the king sent the two cardinals to the queene (who was then in Bridewell) to persuade with hir by their wis|doms, and to aduise hir to surrender the whole mat|ter into the kings hands by hir owne consent & will, which should be much better to hir honour, than to stand to the triall of law, and thereby to be condem|ned, which should séeme much to hir dishonour.

The cardinals being in the queenes chamber of presence,Quéene Ka|tharine and the cardinals haue c [...]mmu|nication in hir priuie chamber. the gentleman vsher aduertised the quéene that the cardinals were come to speake with hir. With that she rose vp, & with a skeine of white thred about hir necke, came into hir chamber of presence, where the cardinals were attending. At whose com|ming, quoth she, What is your plesure with me? If it please your grace (quoth cardinall Wolseie) to go in|to your priuie chamber, we will shew you the cause of our comming. My lord (quoth she) if yée haue anie thing to saie, speake it openlie before all these folke, for I feare nothing that yee can saie against me, but that I would all the world should heare and sée it, and therefore speake your mind. Then began the cardi|nall to speake to hir in Latine. Naie good my lord (quoth she) speake to me in English.