Bp. Gilbert Burnet: Reformation of the Church of England," 4.2.97ff
97-114.
Two long, laborious letters are sent in May 1529 from Wolsey to Steven
Gardiner, Francis Brian, Sir Gregory Cassalis and Peter Vannes in Rome. Watch those
around the Pope. Caution. Get him to grant legatine authorities to resolve Henry’s
problem with Catherine. Be wary of the Imperialists or Caesareans. Hint are dropped
about England seceding from Rome along with other nations. Ever so faint, but it’s
there. The whiff is in the air in England, France, Spain and England. The Saxons
have already cut their ties to Rome, so why not others? Get the point, Clement VII?
All the above is covered by mists and minor fogs, but there are thinly-disguised
threats.
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