A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . of the cardinals gentlemen. Applying to the storythe test of contemporary evidence, it will be found thatCavendish in his Life of Wolsey corroborates Wyatt inalmost every detail. Wyatt relates how the king, hearing of Lord Percysengagement to Anne Boleyn, sent for Wolsey and revealedthe state of his own affections towards the young maid ofhonour. The cardinal promised to do his utmost towardspreventing a match between Anne and Percy. So that,continues the manuscript, wheti the Cardinall returned fromthe Cou
A history of the house of Percy : from the earliest times down to the present century . of the cardinals gentlemen. Applying to the storythe test of contemporary evidence, it will be found thatCavendish in his Life of Wolsey corroborates Wyatt inalmost every detail. Wyatt relates how the king, hearing of Lord Percysengagement to Anne Boleyn, sent for Wolsey and revealedthe state of his own affections towards the young maid ofhonour. The cardinal promised to do his utmost towardspreventing a match between Anne and Percy. So that,continues the manuscript, wheti the Cardinall returned fromthe Court to his house at Westminster, being in the Gallerye,and not forgetting the kings conmiaundment, called the saydLo: Percye unto him, and, before us his servants then attend-inge, sayde to him :— / marucile not a little {quoth he) of thyfolly, that thou wouldest thus attetnpt to assure thyselfe witha foolishe gyrle yonder in the Court, Ann Bullen. Doest thounot consider the estate that God hath called thee unto thisworld; for after thy fathers death thou art most like to inherite.
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