Protestantism in England From the Times of Henry VIII - James Aitken Wylie

Eight months passed away before Campeggio
opened his commission. He had been overtaken on
the road by messengers from Clement, who
brought him fresh instructions. The arms of the
emperor having triumphed, the whole political
situation had been suddenly changed, and hence
the new orders sent after Campeggio, which were
to the effect that he should do his utmost to
persuade Catherine to enter a nunnery; and, failing
this, that he should not decide the cause, but send it
to Rome. Campeggio began with the queen, but she
refused to take the veil; he next sought to induce
the king to abandon the prosecution of the divorce.
Henry stormed, and asked the legate if it was thus
that the Pope kept his word, and repaid the services
done to the Popedom. To pacify and reassure the
monarch, Campeggio showed him the bull
annulling the marriage; but no entreaty of the king
could prevail on the legate to part with it, or to
permit Henry any benefit from it save the sight of
it.[2]
After many delays, the Legantine Commission
was opened on the 18th of June, 1529, in the great
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