Even more difficult is keeping England, and its small holding on the continent, safe from the King of France and the Holy Roman Emperor. So, they ask – when chance serves, what revenge will Thomas Cromwell seek on his sovereign, his prince?’Ĭromwell still has to manage and navigate the various factions in the Court and Kingdom those who think Anne’s downfall will mean Princess Mary will be reinstated as heir and a reconciliation with Rome will follow those who think Cromwell owes them favours for his rise in power and success in the Boleyn matter, and the King’s illegitimate son who thinks he could be put in line to the throne as well. ‘I only report what the people are saying.’ ‘They ask,’ Wriothesley says, ‘who was the greatest of the cardinal’s enemies? They answer, the king. He says, ‘If I wanted revenge on Wolsey’s enemies, I would have to strike down half the nation.’ They look at those who slighted him, in his lifetime – Brereton, Norris – though Norris was not the worst…’ They say, look at what Cromwell has wreaked, in two years, on Wolsey’s enemies. ‘People have been talking of the cardinal.
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