King and minister still clung indeed passionately to their hopes from Rome.

But in 1529 Charles met their pressure with a pressure of his own; and the progress of his arms decided Clement to avoke the cause to Rome.

Wolsey could only hope to anticipate this decision by pushing the trial hastily forward, and at the end of May the two Legates opened their court in the great hall of the Blackfriars.
King and queen were cited to appear before them when the court again met on the eighteenth of June.

Henry briefly announced his resolve to live no longer in mortal sin.

The queen offered an appeal to Clement, and on the refusal of the Legates to admit it flung herself at Henry's feet.