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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 189
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the We hi have h-irited seen Catherine womanas as the the exultant sprightl w y ife untutored as the g all irl , but as
and and childless forgotten during gsp mother that queen ; period we . have For , Henry 18 now years had to she regard been had true her shared , as and the the loyal divorced throne his ,
the heart m was arriage still was hers being ; but discussed while the at question home and of the the at Borne legality , , and the of
young and beautiful Anne Boleyn captivated king , drew No him effort fro was m his left alleg untried iance to . induce Catherine to consent to
to a , dissolution defend to of the her last marriag extremity e , but her she ri expressed ghts as a her wife resolutio and the n
legitimacy of her child . these " Thoug learned h , feeling cardinal herself s and priests a weak , s woman he had , a r p good oor st n ame ger to , in guar the d , midst and she of le ord whih could
been be would strained jud hear ged from to harshl imp neither y ly , but a do Wolsey which ubt o her f or her virtuous Campegg roy ful al ri l life g hts , and a . sing With terrible and a w warmth fat free e have c that made has ent
beautiful of all her in privileges many eyes as , a she married insisted woman on a in her recognition husband ' s house . " enjoym fellThe Court at Windsor
when In June Henry , 1532 went , the away blow , leavin . g word that Catherine was might _, retire to the house which Wolsey had built at the Moor in
to Hertfordshire C her atherine husband was . , She " offered Go took wher the the e choice I may hint , , of I with three am still these residences his parting wife . " to word which s
, Ives to retire and , — Kimbolton Fotheringay Cas Castle tle . She , Somersham declined the Palace first , , because near St it .
had to the , been rest settle she d seems on her to as have Prince selected Arthur the ' s last wife -named , and indifferent residence _^
the for no coronation particular , of Anne reason Boleyn . For thirty She - lived two in months severe she and survived gloomy
. retirement sign , she kep . Day t her by own day apartments her health , declined she forbad , but her she l mad adies e no to and aloneAt
length haste divulge Cromwel a her whisper stat l e sent of , desiring her a condition to die reached to unheeded ascertain the Court the truth , and of in . hot the messenger
for rumour and answer placed . The in that messenger the the king Queen 's hand returned was the his dy on ing letter New , none honoure which Year knew ' s was d Eve wife addressed how , bearing fast The ,
to spirit him e of . the by this ori the composition inal failing runs han thus lias d of in been all its once mad un e affected his own and by thrilling Shakes . -
pear ; g , pathos : — " My most dear lord , king , and husband of the . love The hour bear of my death to put draweth in
ni remembrance gh . I cannot of your but choose soul ' s heal but th out , which you oug I ht to prefer you before all you considerations of the worldand before the care and tendering of your own body , ,
Notices Of Books. 189
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 189
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1864, page 139, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041864/page/67/
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