"The king's mind is so completely filled with this one hatred and this one jealousy, that there is no room in it for any other feeling, for any other hate.
It is true he signs often enough these death-warrants which we lay before him; but he does it, as the lion, with utter carelessness and without anger, crushes the little mouse that is by chance under his paws.

But if the lion is to rend in pieces his equal, he must beforehand be put into a rage.

When he is raging, then you must let him have his prey.

The Howards shall be his first prey.

But, then, we must exert ourselves, that when the lion again shakes his mane his wrath may fall upon Catharine Parr and the Seymours." "The Lord our God will be with us, and enlighten us, that we may find the right means to strike His enemies a sure blow!" exclaimed Gardiner, devoutly folding his hands.
"I believe the right means are already found," said Earl Douglas, with a smile; "and even before this day descends to its close, the gates of the Tower will open to receive this haughty and soft-hearted Duke of Norfolk and this apostate Earl Surrey.