097) for England's alliance.

Throughout the autumn of 1517 and spring of 1518, France and England were feeling their way towards friendship.
Albany had left Scotland, so that source of irritation was gone.

Henry had now a daughter, Mary, and Francis a son.

"I will unite them," said Wolsey;[245] and in October, 1518, not only was a treaty of marriage and alliance signed between England and France, but a general peace for Europe.

Leo X.sent Campeggio with blessings of peace from the Vicar of Christ, though he was kept chafing at Calais for three months, till he could bring with him Leo's appointment of Wolsey as legate and the deposition of Wolsey's enemy, Hadrian, from the Bishopric of Bath and Wells.[246] The ceremonies exceeded in splendour even those of the year before.