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A26222	The novels of Elizabeth, Queen of England containing the history of Queen Ann of Bullen / faithfully rendered into English by S.H.	Aulnoy, Madame d' (Marie-Catherine), 1650 or 51-1705.; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.; Hickman, Spencer.	1680 (1680)	Wing A4221; Wing A4222; ESTC R16671	69,475	292

ANNE BOLLEN THE NOVELS OF ELIZABETH Queen of England Containing the History of Queen ANN OF BULLEN Faithfully Rendred into English by S. H. LONDON Printed for Mark Pardoe at the Black Raven over agianst Bedford-House in the Strand 1680. The Novels of Elizabeth Queen of England c. NOtwithstanding the Duke of Allenoon had quitted the Court of England Queen Elizabeth continued her usual Divertisements with the principal Lords and Ladies of Her Court. Balls Comedies and Musick were oftentimes their Entertainments but as Conversation did chiefly delight the heart of this Princess it was herein that this great Queen who was always projecting high Designs for the agrandizing her Government was accustomed to recreate her Spirits Being assembled one night at Westminster their discourse insensibly changed into a recital of the grand revolutions during the Reign of King Henry VIII Some persons thought to make their Court in condoling the destiny of the Queen her Mother of whom divers had spoken so differently and the Truth so little known The Queen who was naturally good replyed that Kings do usually guide themselves in a different way from particular persons and that what passeth in their Cabinet-Council ought not to be divulged to all the World therefore the Death of the Queen her Mother had till that time upon politick Considerations been kept secret that nevertheless she ought to supersede all these considerations to justifie a Princess to whom she owed her Birth But as the too great credulity of the King her Father ought in some measure to be blamed she should be very glad that the Duke of Northumberland would relate it he having been a Witness to the greatest part of those things which did conduce to that wicked Action and he being exempt from Partiality his Relation would carry the greater Truth Wherefore after his obeisance to the Queen he began thus The History of Queen ANN of BULLEN ENgland for many years past did not flourish with so great Peace and Tranquility as in the first years of the Reign of King Henry VIII The Inclinations of this Prince were good He possessed many eminent Qualities He was at first purposed for the Church and his youthful years having been employed in continual Study he acquired a profound Knowledg whereof he gave a signal Testimony in process of time He ascended the Throne so young that in the beginning of his Reign he stood in need of the Dutchess of Richmond his Grand-mothers Counsels a Woman of the greatest Ingenuity and Virtue in her Age. The chief Offices in the Kingdom were disposed of by her by her William Warham Archbishop of Canterbury was made Lord Chancellor Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester was made Lord Keeper Thomas Howard Earl of Surrey Lord Treasurer and George Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Lord Steward of His Houshold Things did not long continue in so quiet a Condition as at the beginning The King Espoused Katherine of Arragon Relict of his Brother Prince Arthur not without some repugnancy the Dutchess of Richmond dyed soon after this Marriage There happened a division amongst his Ministers Wolsey is raised from a low Condition to that of the Kings Favourite and all the kindness this Prince could have for the Queen was Traversed by the Enchantments of Elizabeth Blunt Never was any Person more ensnared by this Passion than he and this one vanity of his clouded the splendour of all his virtues Although the Birth of Wolsey was very obscure being the Son of a Butcher born at Ipswich in Suffolk he had a most pregnant Wit capable of the highest affairs so that few Courtiers were comparable to him in their abilities as he had particular Tallents to make a happy usage of the Kings Favour so did he exquisitely insinuate himself into His Majesties affections by cherishing this young Princes inclinations to Women The first advantages he acquired by his Policy were the Bishopricks of Tournay and Lincoln shortly after the King made him Archbishop of York and that he might not be inferiour to the Archbishop of Canterbury he procured of the Pope to be made a Cardinal But whilest he establisht himself thus gloriously Blunt made no less considerable Progress in His Majesties Affections this Illustrious Conquest made her Ambitious without moderation she pleased her self sufficiently in making the King Act blindly whatever she desired excepting this weakness he was the best man in the World at the Age of two and twenty years Pleasures incessantly reigned in his Court there Youth appeared Magnificent the King had a Liberal Soul His Favourite was not covetous Blunt loved Splendor and vast expence nothing was there seen but Balls Comedies Turnaments and stately Magnificence The Queen was a Princess infinitely wise and constant to her Husband the amorous commerce betwixt him and Blunt gave her much perplexity but she hoped that time and the advantage she should have in bringing forth a Legitimate Heir to the Crown would winn her the Kings heart But things happened not according to her desire for she was delivered of a Son whom she sent as a New-years-gift to the King the first day of January he received it with no small joy but she was much afflicted by the Death of this young Prince who lived but one Month but Blunt more fortunate then the Queen brought forth a Son who was immediately Created Knight of the Garter Earl of Nottingham Duke of Richmond and Somerset and afterwards Admiral of England So much Grandeur might have satisfied Blunts Ambition yet she raised her self to something more considerable There were certain Circumstances in the Kings Marriage which made her conceive other hopes and Woolsey's Friendship being most necessary to her she sought by all possible means to gain it but he well saw her Power was so great that he feared he had too much favour'd a Passion which might diminish or at least limit his Esteem At this juncture of time the affairs of England and France obliged Henry VIII and Francis I. of France to resolve upon that famous interview made betwixt Guines and Ardres The King of England arrived at Guines with all his Court and at the same time the King of France at Ardres with his Court the two Kings saw one another and spoke together and so splendid was the Magnificence on both sides that ever since the place is call'd The Camp of Cloath of Gold both Parties made Feasts and both Nations often intermixed Blunt extreamly eager to possess the heart of Henry brought with her an Equipage worthy of her Ambition The Dutchess of Suffolk who had been the Wife to Lewis the Twelfth but now Wife to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk upon this occasion appeared as the Kings Sister and as one of the most Beautiful Ladies in the World As for the Queen who was naturally modest she did not affect the sparkling of Gems but was content with that of her dignity and had with her many Maidens of the best Houses of England whose Parents had

Subject possessed Norris who had been brought up with the King took VVoolseys place of Favorite and Confident The quality of Agent in amorous Secrets was more agreeable with his Character than with the gravity of a Prelate his own experience had rendred him learned in these sort of intrigues he had excess of complaisance and found the true way to please the King VVoolseys process was made with sufficient precipitation all his goods were confiscated being convicted of Treason against the King and Violation of the Laws of the Kingdom but the disposal of his person was left to the pleasure of his Prince if he had been more submissive or less powerful he had undoubtedly found more Friends but his Fortune and his Pride had raised him up irreconciliable Enemies he was ordered to attend the sequel of his Destiny at Asher The King who could not all at once renounce the kindness he formerly had for him left him in possession of the Arch-Bishoprick of York and bishoprick of Lincoln sent Norris privately to him to assure him that he pittied his misfortune and to give him a Ring which the Cardinal received upon his Knees He gave Norris a magnificent present and after he acquainted him with a great deal of wit and resolution that he was a most famous example of fortunes inconstancy he conjured him to assure the King of his respect and acknowledgment He fell dangerously sick in hearing by the intelligence he kept at the Court that the Queens Friends Blunts Industry and the Credit of Anne Bullen did every day extinguish those sparks of bounty the King conserved for him The King in the mean time was concern'd at his illness he sent to visit him and obliged even the Marchioness of Pembroke to testifie some candour to him he was permitted to go from Asher to Richmond but was arrested on the Road upon new accusations of Crimen Leze-Majesté and carried to Cawood Castle Sometime after he was taken out of the Castle to be brought to London but Grief and a Fever ended his Life upon the Road he died with a great deal of Constancy and signified no other Regret but the loss of his Princes friendship he had a prodigious Wit and was seen as it were to Govern all Europe and no Enemies but Women could have caused his fall The King had been more sensible of his death had he been less taken up with love but he thought upon nothing but the means whereby he might possess Anne Bullen whom neither his Care nor Piercy's apparent Infidelity could render any thing more flexible He gave every day some fresh mark of his bounty to those of her Family her Father was put into the chiefest Employs and her Brother Viscount Rochefort appear'd the most splendid man in the Court he was permitted to see Blunt every day but she had nevertheless hatred and jealousie for his Sister Piercy led a most deplorable life his Passion for Anne Bullen had recollected all its force since their interview upon the Rivers side she tasted more sweetness in finding him less culpable than she could imagine but the greater she found her tenderness for him the more she avoided meeting him not finding in her self strength enough to hide her Inclinations from him Norris soon made himself considerable to all the world by the credit he had acquired with the King he often visited the Marchioness of Pembroke in delivering the King 's Amorous Messages to her but he took a little too much pleasure in this Commerce and unhappily found his heart was too tender to serve as an Agent for another without some self Interest with the most beautiful person in the World The esteem which the Kings of England and France had reciprocally one for the other joyned with some reasons of State obliged them to make another interview Henry met Francis at Bulloigne and Francis accompanied Henry afterwards to Callais where the two Courts made up the most glorious Company in Europe They made many Feasts and the Marchioness of Pembroke appear'd so beautiful in a Masquerade whereat the two Kings were that she made new Conquests Norris was so charmed with her that he could not forbear saying to one of his most particular friends at their breaking off How fair is the Marchioness of Pembroke and how unhappy is a man to have a heart so sensible of it as mine The King passed by him at that instant but the place was dark and he not speaking it very loud his voice could not be discerned Henry made the King of France his Confident in the passion he had for Anne Bullen and told him he was resolved to marry her as soon as ever the Divorce should be determined This Prince far from condemning his design avows to him bona fide that he had passionately lov'd her and that in the same Condition he should have done the same thing that he could assure him by experience she had vertue made her worthy of that honour he decreed for her and he offered him his assistance and force if he stood in need of it upon this occasion an Authority of such importance that caused a sensible joy to Henry The two Princes mutually promised an inviolable friendship and being willing to demonstrate it even in their Subjects Henry gave the Order of the Garter to the Constable of Montmorency and the Admiral Brion and Francis gave the Order _____ to the Dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk At the return from this Voyage the King of France whose counsel the Marchioness respected solicited her for the King of England she could no longer oppose so great difficulties her Parents her Acquaintance and Piercy himself who conjur'd her to it at length shaked her stability which till that time she made appear She consented to marry the King and Rome having not yet concluded Rowland Lee afterwards Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield privately Celebrated the Ceremony in presence of Archbishop Cranmer a number of Persons to whom the King imparted this secret and some of the Family of Anne Bullen The Publication of the Divorce was made shortly after Queen Anne was presently Crowned and Queen Catherine ever after called the Princess Dowager Never was any Person more satisfied with his own Fortune than Henry nor more worthy of hers than the beautiful Queen she reserved so much sweetness and modesty in this Exaltation that she charmed all those that approach'd her therewith Piercy who continually adored her was consolated in some measure in the happiness of his Rival for his Mistresses glory Queen Katherine expected it too long to be surprised at it but Blunts fury who foresaw it as well as the Queen ceased not to give her terrible transports at the news Her hatred to the Sister extended to the Brother and she detested both the one and the other It was somewhat terrible to her to see her Rival elevated to the same degree of honour that she had fixed her hopes upon and nothing appear'd difficult for