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The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon

"that it is the King's evil destiny that impels him; for had he, as he asserts, only attended to the voice of conscience, there would have been still greater affinity to contend with in this intended marriage than in that of the Queen his wife."[1] The story is referred to as a fresh feature of the case, which had not before been heard of.

  1. Chapuys to Charles V., Dec. 9, 1529.—Spanish Calendar, vol. iv. part 1, p. 369.