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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XVI.
 
THE SIX ARTICLES.
 
Spirit of Persecution 175
State of Parties 176
The Creed of the King 178
Prospects of Cromwell 179
Appeal of Henry to the Nation 180
General Pardon 183
Difficulties of Protestantism 185
Marriage of the Clergy 186
An Execution at Ipswich 188
Details of the Election of 1539 189
Despotic Interference at Canterbury 191
Meeting of Parliament 194
Appointment of a Committee of Opinion 194
Attainder of the Poles 196
The Duke of Norfolk opens the Discussion of the Six Articles 198
Act of Proclamations 201
Address of the King to the People 203
Final Dissolution of the Monasteries 205
Extension of the Episcopate 207
The Bill of the Six Articles 208
General Approbation of the Country 212
Protest of Melancthon 213
Development of the Statute 216
The King interferes 218
Second Pardon 218
Condition of English Criminal Law 220
The Severity of the Letter and the Laxity of the Execution 223
Specimens in Illustration 226