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Henry VIII And His Court

CHAPTER XXVII
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You see that in John Heywood.

He alone was my confidant, and he betrayed me.

I myself put the weapons into his hands, and he turned them against me." "No, no," said Catharine, thoughtfully; "John Heywood is true and trusty, and incapable of treachery." "He has betrayed me!" exclaimed Elizabeth, impetuously.

"He knew--he only--that I love, and that my beloved, though of noble, still is not of princely birth.

Yet it was he, as you said yourself, who moved the king to introduce this paragraph into the act of succession." "Then, without doubt, he has wished to save you from an error of your heart." "No, he has been afraid of the danger of being privy to this secret, and at the cost of my heart and my happiness he wanted to escape this danger.


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