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CARDINAL WOLSEY
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"Then do I refuse to be judged by this Court, and here, before you all, I appeal unto the Pope, to bring this cause before His Holiness, and to be judged by him alone!"
Deaf to remonstrance, the Queen insisted firmly in her demand, and as the King confronted her angrily, a sudden flash of inspiration came to Wolsey. Now would he side with the Queen and the Church, and, by his pious attitude, gain favor with the Pope — the only man whose word was above the King's. Intrenched in the Pope's favor, his insecure position would become stable again.
"The Queen's demand is within her lawful rights," declared Wolsey; "the council must be adjourned for the Pope's decision."
Then, as the angry King still threatened and stormed, the Cardinal, lifting aloft the cross which swung from his neck by a golden chain, and looking straight into the King's blazing eyes, proclaimed majestically : "What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder !"
Henry's face blanched and his eyes fell. The mystic power of the cross had conquered, and the divorce was deferred, awaiting the Pope's decision.
But altho the Cardinal laid his plans now with the utmVst carefulness, they were foiled by the interception of a letter which he wrote to the Pope. This epistle was couched in terms of the greatest reverence and piety, representing the Cardinal's horror of the King's wicked intentions. "I do entreat Your Holiness to stay the judgment of the divorce," the document concluded. "I do perceive my King is entangled in affection to a creature of the Queen's — Lady Anne Boleyn. "
Up to this time, Wolsey had succeeded, by adroit protestations of devotion, in retaining much of the King's favor. But when this letter was delivered into Henry's hands, his rage knew no bounds.
' ' I will have no more of Rome 's delay, no more of prating hypocrites and cowardly knaves!" he roared.
ANNE BOLEYN IS CROWNED