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Title: History of the great reformation in Europe in the times of Luther and Calvin..
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Merle d'Aubigné, Jean Henri. (from old catalog)
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determined to send anew mission to Rome. Anne proposed forthis embassy one of the most accomplishedgentlemen of the court, her cousin, SirFrancis Bryan. With him was joined anItalian, Peter Vannes, Henrys Latin sec-retary. You will search all the registersof the time of Julius II., said Wolsey tothem ; you will study the handwriting ofSecretary Sigismond, and you will atten-tively examine the ring of the fishermanused by that pontiff.3—Moreover, you will 1 Admonere, exclamare, rogare, instare, urgere,pulsare, pericula prassentia et futura demonstrare.State Papers, vii. p. 112. 2 Tempus jam in promptu adest. Ibid. 3 Burnets Ref. i. p. 44. Records, p. xx. 4 Nos ilium paterna charitate complecti, ut sua erga nos atque hanc sedem plurima merita requi-runt. State Papers, vii. 116. 1 To charge Campegius to burn the decretal.Herbert, p. 250. Burnets Ref. i. 47. 2 Hunting and gaming all the day long, and fol«lowing harlots all the night. Burnet, i. p. 52. 3 State Papers, vii. p. 126, note.
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HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION. 769 inform the pope that it is proposed to set acertain greyfriar, named De Angelis, in hisplace, to whom Charles would give thespiritual authority, reserving the temporalfor himself. You will manage so thatClement takes alarm at the project, and youwill then offer him a guard of 2000 men toprotect him. You will ask whether, in casethe queen should desire to embrace a reli-gious life, on condition of the kings doingthe same, and Henry should yield to thiswish,1 he could have the assurance that thepope would afterwards release him from hisvows. And, finally, you will inquirewhether, in case the queen should refuse toenter a convent, the pope would permit theking to have two wives, as we see in theOld Testament.2 The idea which hasbrought so much reproach on the landgraveof Hesse was not a new one ; the honour ofit belongs to a cardinal and legate of Rome,whatever Bossuet may say. Lastly,continued Wolsey, as the pope is of atimid disposition, you will not fai

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