Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . went to court shortlyafterward, at the age of little more than twenty, and soon excited the suscepti-ble feelings of the king. Wolseys policy was to exclude from the royal pres-ence any one whom Henry was likely to regard with too much favor, and Anne,after a short absence, returned to Hever, unconscious, it is said, of the kingsregar
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . went to court shortlyafterward, at the age of little more than twenty, and soon excited the suscepti-ble feelings of the king. Wolseys policy was to exclude from the royal pres-ence any one whom Henry was likely to regard with too much favor, and Anne,after a short absence, returned to Hever, unconscious, it is said, of the kingsregard for her. Again recalled to court, Anne soon after, between the months of July andOctober, 1527, received from Henry himself a declaration of his May, 1528, she was at Hever, and received letters from the king, and heappears to have visited her there, and to have prevailed upon her to return tocourt, a determination which she subsequently changed. Henrys letters toAnne during this period are manly, sensible, and tender, and six years anxietyrespecting his divorce with Catherine kept alive his affections, which mightotherwise have cooled. It was not until January 25,1533, that his marriage with ANNE BOLEYN. 121 r5*^ , Pi n I11 , ii I! I1 S 1. 122 ANNE BOLEYN. Anne took place. Cardinal Wolsey* had in the meantime lost the confidenceof Henry, been stripped of his honors, and died with a charge of high treasonhanging over him. On the 1st of June, Anne was crowned; September 7th,she had a daughter, afterward Queen Elizabeth. In little more than threeyears, the picture is reversed. On the 1st of May, 1536, the qu^en was sud-denly arrested and examined, and on the day following sent to the Tower; hertrial followed on the 15th of the same month, and on the 19th she was execu-ted at the age of twenty-nine, the very prime of womanhood, after having oncebeen the object of the romantic affection of her sovereign. A tourist thus speaks of Hever castle, an engraving of which i
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