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will_n and_o concern_v the_o second_o the_o king_n present_o after_o send_v for_o the_o cardinal_n and_o he_o for_o to_o undo_v the_o former_a knoâ—_n with_o his_o own_o tooth_n enjoin_v he_o to_o procure_v his_o servant_n to_o release_v his_o mistress_n of_o her_o engagement_n which_o he_o do_v chap_n viii_o 1._o the_o first_o occasion_n of_o the_o cardinal_n ruin_n 2._o the_o king_n send_v divers_a orator_n to_o the_o university_n beyond_o the_o sea_n to_o procure_v their_o assâ—ntments_n to_o the_o divorce_n 3._o the_o return_n with_o satisfaction_n but_o it_o prove_v fruitless_a 4._o ambassador_n be_v send_v to_o rome_n 5._o the_o cardinal_n aspire_v to_o be_v pope_n 6._o ho_o use_v strange_a mean_n to_o accomplish_v the_o same_o now_o it_o be_v the_o queen_n bed_n must_v be_v take_v down_o that_o her_o palate_n may_v be_v advance_v but_o from_o this_o time_n forward_o though_o the_o card._n be_v seem_o forward_a yet_o be_v covert_o slow_a in_o the_o prosecution_n of_o the_o divorce_n which_o afterward_o prove_v to_o be_v his_o ruin_n wherefore_o the_o king_n be_v advise_v by_o the_o cardinal_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o bishop_n as_o the_o only_a way_n of_o dispatch_n to_o send_v certain_a orator_n to_o foreign_a university_n as_o well_o as_o to_o those_o at_o home_n and_o so_o without_o any_o more_o ado_n to_o rest_v in_o their_o judgement_n the_o king_n have_v make_v choice_n of_o man_n fiâ—_n for_o his_o purpose_n give_v they_o instruction_n and_o send_v they_o several_a way_n to_o the_o most_o renown_a university_n of_o christendom_n there_o to_o dispute_v the_o case_n viz._n whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o marry_v his_o brother_n wife_n or_o not_o without_o acquaint_v they_o with_o the_o particular_n either_o of_o the_o former_a brother_n have_v no_o carnal_a knowledge_n of_o the_o say_a wife_n or_o the_o pope_n dispensation_n thereupon_o so_o that_o by_o this_o slight_a and_o subtilâ—y_a they_o easy_o obtain_v determination_n 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prâ—vy_a chamber_n sir_n gregory_n de_fw-fr cassalel_n a_o italian_a and_o mr._n pâ—ter_v 〈◊〉_d a_o venetian_a who_o be_v arrive_v at_o rome_n have_v propound_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o come_n and_o rest_v themselves_o there_o awhile_o letter_n be_v come_v unto_o they_o from_o the_o king_n and_o theâ—_n cardinal_n with_o further_a instruction_n how_o to_o deal_v with_o the_o pope_n and_o to_o make_v all_o possible_a dispatch_n that_o can_v be_v make_v in_o the_o business_n but_o the_o ambassador_n be_v not_o half_a so_o hasty_a in_o demand_v as_o the_o pope_n be_v slow_a in_o expedition_n and_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o gout_n which_o then_o afflict_v he_o and_o perhaps_o of_o a_o unwillingness_n of_o the_o mind_n as_o well_o as_o a_o debility_n of_o the_o body_n the_o ambassador_n by_o the_o return_n of_o their_o letter_n have_v make_v know_v unto_o the_o king_n the_o pope_n slowness_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o great_a infirmity_n the_o cardinal_n lay_v hold_v upon_o this_o 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