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Title: The life of Cardinal Wolsey
Year: 1827 (1820s)
Authors: Cavendish, George, 1500-1561? Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858, ed
Subjects: Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530 Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536
Publisher: London, For Harding and Lepard
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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stayeduntil search was made; there was not so muchmoney found as he received of the kings reward,and so he was dismissed and went his way. After Cardinal Campeggio was thus departedand gone, Michaelmas Term i drew near, againstthe which my lord returned unto his house atWestminster; and when the Term began, hewent to the hall in such like sort and gesture ashe was wont most commonly to do, and sat inthe Chancery, being Chancellor. After whichday he never sat there more. The next day hetarried at home, expecting the coming of theDukes of Suffolk and Norfolk, (who) came notthat day; but the next day they came thitherunto him ; to whom they declared how the kings » Le Cardinal Campege est encores a Douvres^ et a ceste heure(je) viens cVentendre que, soubz couleur de faute de Navires, on nele veult laisser passer, sans y prendre avis, de paeur quil nemportele thresor du Card, d Yore. Lettre de IEvesque de Bayonne, apud Le Grand Hist, du Divorce. The Term then began the ninth of October.
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CARDrXAL WOLSEY. 247 pleasure was that he sliould surrender and de-liver up the great seal into their hands, and todepart simplily unto Asher^, a house situatenigh Hampton Court, belonging to the Bishop-rick of Winchester. My lord understandingtheir message, demanded of them what commis-sion they had to give him any such command-ment ? who answered him again, that they weresufficient commissioners in that behalf, havingthe kings commandment by his mouth so to do.* Yet, quoth he, that is not sufficient for me,without farther commandment of the kings plea-sure ; for the great seal of England was deliveredme by the kings own person, to enjoy duringmy life, with the ministration of the office andhigh room of chancellorship of England : for mysurety whereof, I have the kings letters patentto show. Which matter was gieatly debatedbetween the dukes and him with many stoutwords between them ; whose words and checkshe took in patience for the time: in so muchthat the dukes were fain to depart

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