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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
and I will not resign my rights without a struggle ! I am his lawful wife and rightful Queen of this land, and he shall not easily put me away ! ' '
It was easy for the King to find a pretext for divorce. His noble conscience, he explained, troubled him now because Catherine had been his brother's widow, hence his marriage to her was unlawful in the eyes of the Church. No one ventured to inquire what had so suddenly awakened this long dormant conscience, and the Archbishop of Canterbury was easily persuaded to call a council at Blackfriar's Hall, to listen to the case and decree the divorce. But when the Court was called, in all its pomp and ceremony, when knights and ladies, priests and courtiers, scribes and attendants were duly assembled and a
herald cried loudly, "Catherine, Queen of England, come into Court ! ' ' the Queen took an unexpected and disconcerting attitude. Instead of observing courtly rules, she went straight to the King, and, kneeling at his feet, made a heartfelt, earnest plea for justice.
"Why did ye bring me from my own land, to mock me thus?" she pleaded. "What cause hath my behavior given for your displeasure? When contradicted I your desire? Here, in a strange land, am I, without kindred or friends. Grant at least a respite to me, until I may summon my relatives here to speak for me!"
Then, as King and Archbishop remained obdurate, indifferent to her appeal, Catherine rose to her feet in righteous anger, exclaiming loudly :
CARDINAL WOLSEY OVERPOWERS THE KING