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had been freed at that place. Sometimes on the same day many people arrived together for this purpose at Windsor. And these miracles were indeed so clear and so well known, that Henry VII petitioned Pope Julius II to add the name of the holy King to the catalogue of the Saints. It is believed that these demands would have been successful, had not the King's death intervened. Indeed, this was not the only time Henry VII had urged his petition, as it appears he had already done so in the time of Alexander VI." "I know not why the matter was delayed in this manner . . . but whatever the reason the miracles of Henry were so absolutely credited and their certainty was so clear that I would readily believe that had Henry VII not died prematurely, or had others afterwards taken any pains in the matter, the decree of the Church would have been granted.

"These miracles were set down in writing with every detail set forth with great accuracy, and committed to writing in English, by the care and diligence of John Morgan, Dean of the college of Windsor, who afterwards became Bishop of Menaevia, and by Oliver King, a Canon of the Church of Windsor,