She appealed to the king's less refined instincts, and Henry's deterioration of character may be dated from his connexion with her. She is described as "not one of the handsomest women in the world; she is of a middling stature, swarthy complexion, long neck, wide mouth, bosom not much raised, and in fact has nothing but the English king's great appetite, and her eyes which are black and beautiful, and take great effect."[11] Cranmer admired her--"sitting in her hair" (i.e. with her hair falling over her shoulders, which seems to have been her custom on great occasions), "upon a horse litter, richly apparelled," at her coronation.[12] BIBLIOGRAPHY.--Art. in the _Dict. of Nat. Biography_ and authorities cited; _Henry VIII._ by A.F. Pollard (1905); _Anne Boleyn_, by P. Friedman (1884); _The Early Life of Anne Boleyn_, by J.H. Round (1886); _The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon_, by J.A. Froude (1891); "Der Ursprung der Ehescheidung Konig Heinrichs VIII." and "Der Sturz des Cardinals Wolsey," by W. Busch (_Historisches Taschenbuch_, vi. Folge viii. 273 and ix. 41, 1889 and 1890); _Lives_, by Miss E.O. Benger (1821); and Miss A. Strickland, _Lives of the Queens of England_ (1851), vol. ii.; _Notices of Historic Persons Buried in the Tower of London_, by D.C. Bell (1877); _The Wives of Henry VIII._ by M.A.S. Hume (1905); _Excerpta Historica_, by N.H. Nicolas (1831), p. 260; _Spanish Chronicle of Henry VIII._ tr. by M.A.S. Hume (1889); _Records of the Reformation_, by N. Pocock (1870); _Harleian Miscellany_ (1808), iii. 47 (the love letters); _Archaeologia_, xxiii. 64 (memorial of G. Constantyne); _Eng. Hist. Rev._ v. 544, viii. 53, 299, x. 104; _State Trials_, i. 410; _History of Henry VIII._ by Lord Herbert of Cherbury; E. Hall's _Chronicle: Original Letters_, ed. by Sir H. Ellis, i. ser., ii. 37, 53 et seq., ii. ser., ii. 10; _Extracts from the Life of Queen Anne Boleigne_, by G. Wyat (1817); _The Negotiations of Thomas Wolsey_, by Sir W. Cavendish (1641, rep. Harleian Misc. 1810 v.); C. Wriothesley's _Chronicle_ (Camden Soc., 1875-1877); _Notes and Queries_, 8 ser., viii. 141, 189, 313, 350; _Il Successo de la Morte de la Regina de Inghilterra_ (1536); _The Maner of the Tryumphe of Caleys and Bullen_, and the _Noble Tryumphaunt Coronacyon of Queen Anne_ (1533, rep. 1884); _State Papers Henry VIII._; _Letters and Papers of Henry VIII._, by Brewer and Gardiner, esp. the prefaces; _Cal. of State Pap. England and Spain, Venetian and Foreign_ (1558-1559), p. 525 (an account full of obvious errors); _Colton MSS._ (Brit. Mus.), Otho C. 10; "Baga de secretis" in Rep. iii., App. ii. of Dep. Keeper of Public Records, p. 242; "Romische Dokumente," v., M.S. Ehses (_Gorres-gesellschaft_, Bd. ii., 1893). See also articles on CATHERINE OF ARAGON and HENRY VIII. (P. C. Y.) FOOTNOTES: