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relcfjd and also I am ijght well 

 co'fort\d in so miiclie lliat luy boke 

 niakylii siibslantially (or my matter in 

 tokyiig wlier | of] 1 have spcntc above 4 

 trnrs thys Day whyclie caiisy'd me now 

 to wrytte tbe scliorttor ietlt-r to you at 

 thys tymc by cause off siime paync in 

 my bed wischyiigp: mysclfe | specially a 

 ijevenynge in my swetbart liarm\s 

 ■whose prety Diibbys I trust shortly 

 to cnsse | wryttcn Wt the band of liyni 

 that was. is. and sbalbe yoms by bys 

 wyll. * * 



LETTER XVII. 



To infomie yon what Joy it is to mc 

 to understand off your conformab^Iiucs 

 to reson | and oil' the subprcssyng off 

 your inntille and vayne 1ho«gl)ys and 

 fantes3s \\*t the brydell of reson | I en- 

 sure you all the good in thys world 

 colde nolt co~tcr|)arsc lor my satysfl'ation 

 the knoulegc and cii lento beroll'. wber- 

 forc good swtit licrt eo~tynsi the same 

 nott uonly in thys but in ail your doyngs 

 licrallcr | lor llu rby shall eome bolhe to 

 you and me the gretttst (]iiietfnes that 

 may be in thys world | the Cause wliy 

 thys berar taryth so long is the bysynos 

 that 1 biivo hadde to Drcs up ycr lor 

 you, wbyche I trust or long to se jou 

 occupy I and then I trust to oceujiy 

 yours I wbyche siiall be rcco~pe~g^; 

 anowgtit to nic for all my |>ai-)s ai:d 

 labors | the unfaynd siknos off thys well 

 wyllyng legate dolhe sumwhat retard 

 liys access to your presence but I trust 

 verely when god shall send bym bejtlie 

 lie wyll w"t Dilygcnco reco~pence hys 

 Demowrc j for 1 know well wercby ho 

 liatb sayd (lanicntyng the sai/ivg- uiid 

 hute that he should be imperyall) that 

 it sbnlde be well knowiic in thys mater 

 that he is noit impcriall | and thus for 

 lake of t3me swett hart farueli | 

 wrytteu w th the hand wbyche f.iyne 

 wolde be yours and so is the hart | * * 



LETTER XVIIl. 



To Cardinal Wohey. 

 My Lord, 

 In my most humble wise that my 

 heart can think, I desire you to pardon 

 me that I am so bold, to trouble you 

 villi my simple and rndc writing, 

 esteeming it to proceed from her, that is 

 much desirous to know that your grace 

 does well, as I pi rccive by this bearer 

 that you do. The which I pray God 

 long to continue, as I am most bound to 

 pray ; for 1 do know the great pains and 

 troubles that jou have taken for me. 

 Loth day and night, is never like to be 

 recompensed on my part, but aloncly in 

 loving you, next uulo the King's grace. 



'y Vllf. to Anhe BoUt/ti. [Jul^ f* 



above all creatures living. AmX I do 

 not doidjt, but the daily prool' of i:iy 

 deeds sb-all nianifesily declare and affuiu 

 nsy w'riting to \>e true, and I do trust 

 you do think the same. My Lord, 1 d6 

 assure you, I do long to hear from you 

 news of the legate; for I do hope, and 

 they come from you, they shall be very 

 good ; and I am sure yon desire it as 

 much as I, and more, and it were possi- 

 ble, as I know it is not ; and thus 

 remaining in a stedl'ast hope, I make an 

 end of my letter, written with the hand of 

 Iter that is most bound to be 



Your bumble servant, 

 Anne Boley.v. 

 Postscript hy King Henry. 

 The writer of this letter would not 

 cease til! she had caused me likewise to 

 set to my hand ; desiring you, though it 

 be short, to lake it in. good part. 1 en- 

 sure you, iliere is neither of us, but that 

 gieatly desireth to sec you, and much 

 more joyous to hear that yon have 

 escaped this |)lague so well, trui+ling the 

 fury thereof to be i)asscd, especially 

 wilh them that kccpclh good diet, as I 

 trust -you do. 1'bc not hearing of the 

 legate's arrival in rrancc, causctb vis 

 somewhat to muse; notwithstanding, 

 wo trust by jour diligence and vigilancy 

 (with the assistance of Almiglity God) 

 shortly to be eased out of that trouble. 

 No moie to you at this time ; but that I 

 pray CJod send you as good health and 

 prosperity as the writer would. 

 15y your loving sovereign and fiicnd, 



flENUY K. 

 liar It inn Miscellany, pAAQ, 



LETTER XIX. 



To Cardinal Wolsey. 

 My Lord, 

 In my most humble w ise that ray poor 

 heart can think, 1 do thank your grace 

 for your kind letter, and for your rich 

 and goodly present, the which I shall 

 never be able to deserve without your 

 help, of the which I have hitherto bad 

 so great plenty, that all the Jays of my 

 life I am most bound, of all creatures 

 next the King's grace, to love and serve 

 your grace; of the which I beseech you 

 never to doubt, that ever I shall vary 

 from this thought, as long as any breath 

 is in my body. And, as touching your 

 grace's trouble witli the sweat, I thank 

 our liord, that them that I di-sired anil 

 praycil for are escaped, and that is the 

 King and you; not doubling, but that 

 God has preserved you both lor great 

 causes known aloncly of bis high wis- 

 dom. And as for the coming of the 

 legate, I desire that much; and, if it be 

 God's 



