Volume the Second: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, Add. MS. 59874
trouble of writing what I do
not perfectlyrecollect, by givingonly a slight k 1 sketch of
theprincipal Events which marked his
reign. Among these may be ranked Cardinal Wol--sey's telling the father Abbott of LeicesterAbbey that "he was come
to lay his bonesamong them," the reformation in Religion,& the King's riding through the streets of London with Anna
Bullen. It is however butJustice, & my Duty
to declare that this ami--able Woman was entirely innocent of theCrimeswith which she was accused ofwith, of which herBeauty, her Elegance,
& her Sprightlineſs were
sufficient proofs, not to mention her solemnprotestations of
Innocence, the weakneſs
ofthe Charges against her, & the
king's Charac--ter;
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