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Excerpt from The History of England, Vol. 2 of 3
The court sat again on the 2sth; the queen not appear ing when summoned was pronounced contumacious, and the legates proceeded on this and other days to hear the evidence on the king's part. The proofs given of Artt consummation of his marriage were such as can leave, we apprehend, little doubt on any reasonable mind and the king was in full expectation of a sentence in his favour when Campeggio (july 23) suddenly adjourned the court to the lst of October, alleging that the vacation of the con sistory at Rome, of which this court he said was a part, had commenced, and would last till that day. The dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk, and other peers who were present, were greatly enraged at this artifice, and Suffolk, striking the table, cried, By the mass, I see that the old saw is true; never was there legate or cardinal that did any good in England. Wolsey rebuked him with firmness for his conduct, and reminded him of the obligation which he had once been under to a cardinal. The court then broke up. The king, who was in an adjoining room, took the matter withmonderful patience, expecting a favourable sentence in October; but his hopes were crushed, when on the 4th of August a messenger arrived with citations for him and the queen to appear in person or by proxy at Rome. The emperor had by this time by his threats and promises com pletely gained over the pontiff, from whose thoughts no thing now was further than any idea of gratifying Henry.
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