The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey . Wherefore they were compelled, allthings considered, to forbear their enterprise until they mightespy a more convenient time and occasion. And yet the cardinal, espying the great zeal that the kinghad conceived in this gentlewoman, ordered himself to pleaseas well the king as her, dissimuling the matter that lay hid inhis breast, and prepared great banquets and solemn feasts toentertain them both at his own house. And thus the worldbegan to grow into wonderful inventions, not heard of beforein this realm. The love between the king and this gorgeouslady g
The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey . Wherefore they were compelled, allthings considered, to forbear their enterprise until they mightespy a more convenient time and occasion. And yet the cardinal, espying the great zeal that the kinghad conceived in this gentlewoman, ordered himself to pleaseas well the king as her, dissimuling the matter that lay hid inhis breast, and prepared great banquets and solemn feasts toentertain them both at his own house. And thus the worldbegan to grow into wonderful inventions, not heard of beforein this realm. The love between the king and this gorgeouslady grew to such a perfection, that divers imaginations wereimagined, whereof I leave to speak until I come to the placewhere I may have more occasion. Then began a certain grudge to arise between the Frenchking and the Duke of Bourbon, insomuch as the duke, beingvassal to the house of France, was constrained for the safe-guard of his person to flee his dominions, and to forsake histerritory and country, doubting the kings great malice and. r^^ IDxtyCnye^/y^ns^ ./y>^xms;. S^rtfZ^ Cardinal Wol&t^ 37 indignation. The cardinal, having thereof intelligence, com-passed in his head, that if the king our sovereign lord, havingan occasion of w^ars vi^ith the realm of France, might retainthe duke to be his general in his wars there : inasmuch as theduke was fled unto the emperor, to invite him also, to stirwars against the French king. The cardinal having all thisimagination in his head thought it good to move the king inthis matter. And after the king was once advertised hereof,and conceived the cardinals imagination and invention, hedreamed of this matter more and more, until at the last itcame in question among the council in consultation, so thatit was there finally concluded that an ambassy should be sentto the emperor about this matter; with whom it was con-cluded that the king and the emperor should join in thesewars against the French king, and that the Duke of Bourbonshould be ou
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