Nor was this all; the whole of London, Wolsey is reported to have said, were traitors to Henry.[472] Informations of "treasonable words"-- that ominous phrase--became frequent.[473] Here, indeed, was a contrast to the exuberant loyalty of the early years of Henry's reign.

The change may not have been entirely due to Wolsey, but he had been minister, with a power which few have equalled, during the whole period in which it was effected, and Henry may well have begun to think that it was time for his removal.
[Footnote 469: _L.

and P._, iii., 2483.] [Footnote 470: _L.

and P._, iii., 2956, 2958, 3249.] [Footnote 471: Hall, _Chronicle_, ed.

1809, p.
698.] [Footnote 472: _L.