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

followed by a night so black and terrible. But the
end was not yet: a little space was interposed
between the withdrawal of the royal favor and the
final fall of Wolsey.
On the 6th of July, the Pope avoked to Rome
the cause between Henry of England and Catherine
of Aragon.[6] On the 3rd of August, the king was
informed that lie had been cited before the Pope's
tribunal, and that, failing to appear, he was
condemned in a fine of 10,000 ducats. "This
ordinance of the Pope," says Sanders, "was not
only posted up at Rome, but at Bruges, at Tournay,
and on all the churches of Flanders."[7] What a
humiliation to the proud and powerful monarch of
England! This citation crowned the insults given
him by Clement, and filled up the cup of Henry's
wrath. Gardiner, who had just returned from Rome
with these most unwelcome news, witnessed the
strata that now burst in the royal apartment.[8] The
chafed and affronted Tudor fulminated against the
Pope and all his priests. Yes, he would go to Rome,
but Rome should repent his coming. He would go
at the head of his army, and see if priest or Pope
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