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Henry VIII.

CHAPTER VIII
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But the Pope's case had been hopelessly weakened by the evil practice of his predecessors and of himself.
Alexander VI.

had divorced Louis XII.

from his Queen for no other reasons than that Louis XII.

wanted to unite Brittany with France by marrying its duchess, and that Alexander, the Borgia Pope, required Louis' assistance in promoting the interests of the iniquitous Borgia family.[590] The injustice to Catherine was no greater than that to Louis' Queen.

Henry's sister Margaret, and both the husbands of his other sister, Mary, had procured divorces from Popes, and why not Henry himself?
Clement was ready enough to grant Margaret's divorce;[591] he was willing to give a dispensation for a marriage between the Princess Mary and her half-brother, the Duke of (p.


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