The English Historical Review, 1897, Vol. 12 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The English Historical Review, 1897, Vol. 12 In pressing these considerations on the pope, Gardiner was, however, to assure him that Wolsey had no intention of making process under the decretal, and would never show it to any person so as to occasion the least slander or prejudice to the holy see, but only to the king as a means' of augmenting his own influence with him. Of this Gardiner was to make the most solemn protestation under the most sacred oath. But if after three or four audiences he found no reason to expect that the pope would change his atti tude, he was to take his leave and return home, leaving the suit still to be prosecuted by Sir Gregory Casale. Further, as the lawyers in England were of opinion that the queen still had a right of appeal, Gardiner must ask the best authorities in Rome whether, if she did appeal, the legates might proceed notwithstanding, and whether, even after her appeal, the parties were not free to contract new marriages, besides some other niceties of law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.