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been at the service of King Henry; but having only one, she 
would not risk the losing of it. When she said this, I should 
think the two pits in her cheeks and one in her chin would be a 
sight worth seeing. 
Surely there never was such a matrimonial bungle made as this 
fourth marriage of Henry VIII. Ann of Cleves, the lady John 
Hutton had such grave doubts about, was chosen by Cromwell for 
recommendation to the king; other more compliant agents than 
Hutton were employed to work out Cromwell’s scheme, who gave 
glowing accounts of the lady. Holbein was employed to paint 
her portrait for the king, which he did to too great perfection, for 
it secured the king’s approval of the lady, only to increase his 
disappointment when he saw her after her arrival in England. 
Ann was a plain, common-place person, speaking no language 
but her own native Dutch, of which Henry understood not one 
word; and she was destitute of such accomplishments as were 
usual for ladies of rank. Henry was terribly disappointed, and in 
_ rage asked why they had brought that Flanders mare. He tried 
hard to be let off the engagement to marry her, but the matter had 
gone too far for that, and he married her sorely against his will. 
Of course the result was a speedy divorce on some hollow pretext; 
and the ill-used Ann, glad to be free from so dangerous a husband, 
willingly went back to Flanders, with an unbisected neck and a 
nice little pension. Hutton, the ambassador, was well out of the 
mess; thanks to his own great caution. Henry never forgave 
Cromwell, who fell under royal displéasure, and very shortly after 
came to the block. 
A younger son of the same family of Huttons was a distinguished 
judge in the reign of Charles I., and is this spoken of by Fuller in 
his “ Worthies of England” :—‘‘ Sir Richard Hutton was born at 
Penrith, of a worshipful family ; his elder brother was a knight (he 
refers of course to Sir William Hutton, of Hutton Hall, Penrith). 
He (the judge) intended his studies for divinity, but dissuaded by 
the importunity of his friends—amongst whom George, Earl of 
Cumberland, was most eminent—he became a barrister in Gray’s 
Inn, but in expression of his former affection for divinity, he seldom 
