Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Whilest these things were thus in hand, the cardi|nall of Yorke was aduised that the king had set his affection vpon a yoong gentlewoman named Anne,The kings affection and goodwill to the ladie Anne Bullen. the daughter of sir Thomas Bullen vicount Roch|ford, which did wait vpon the quéene. This was a EEBO page image 909 great griefe vnto the cardinall, as he that perceiued aforehand, that the king would marie the said gen|tlewoman, if the diuorse tooke place. Wherfore he be|gan with all diligence to disappoint that match, which by reason of the misliking that he had to the woman, he iudged ought to be auoided more than present death. While the matter stood in this state, and that the cause of the quéene was to be heard and iudged at Rome,The secret working and dissimulation of cardinall Wolseie. by reason of the appeale which by hir was put in: the cardinall required the pope by letters and secret messengers, that in anie wise he should defer the iudgement of the diuorse, till he might frame the kings mind to his purpose.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Howbeit he went about nothing so secretlie, but that the same came to the kings knowledge, who tooke so high displeasure with such his cloked dissimu|lation,The king cõ|ceiueth dis|pleasure a|gainst the cardinall. that he determined to abase his degrée, sith as an vnthankefull person he forgot himselfe and his dutie towards him that had so highlie aduanced him to all honor and dignitie. When the nobles of the realme perceiued the cardinall to be in displeasure, Edw. Hall. they began to accuse him of such offenses as they knew might be proued against him, and thereof they made a booke conteining certeine articles,Articles exhi|bited against the cardinall. to which diuerse of the kings councell set their hands. The king vnderstanding more plainlie by those articles, the great pride, presumption, and couetousnesse of the cardinall, was sore mooued against him; but yet kept his purpose secret for a while. Shortlie after, a parlement was called to begin at Westminster the third of Nouember next insuing.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the meane time the king, being informed that all those things that the cardinall had doone by his power legantine within this realme, were in the case of the premunire and prouision,The cardinall sued in a pre|munire. caused his at|turneie Christopher Hales to sue out a writ of pre|munire against him, in the which he licenced him to make his atturneie. ¶And further, the seuentéenth of Nouember the king sent the two dukes of Norf|folke and Suffolke to the cardinals place at West|minster, Abr. Fl. ex I. S. pag. 966, 967. who (went as they were commanded) and finding the cardinall there,The cardinall is loth to part from the great seale. they declared that the kings pleasure was that he should surrender vp the great seale into their hands, and to depart simplie vnto Asher, which was an house situat nigh vnto Hampton court, belonging to the bishoprike of Winchester. The cardinall demanded of them their commission that gaue them such authoritie, who an|swered againe, that they were sufficient commissio|ners, and had authoritie to doo no lesse by the kings mouth. Notwithstanding, he would in no wise agrée in that behalfe, without further knowledge of their authoritie, saieng; that the great seale was deliue|red him by the kings person, to inioy the ministrati|on thereof, with the roome of the chancellor for the terme of his life whereof for his suertie he had the kings letters patents.