[202] Goold, says the Act of the Nun's attainder, travelled to Bugden, "to animate the said Lady Princess to make commotion in the realm against our sovereign lord; surmitting that the said Nun should hear by revelation of God that the said Lady Catherine should prosper and do well, and that her issue, the Lady Mary, should prosper and reign in the realm."--25 Henry VIII. cap. 13. [203] Report of the Proceedings of the Nun of Kent: _Rolls House MS._ [204] MS. Bibliot. Impér., Paris. The letter is undated, it was apparently written in the autumn of 1533. [205] Il a des nouvelles amours. In a paper at Simancas, containing Nuevas de Inglaterra, written about this time, is a similar account of the dislike of Anne and her family, as well as of the king's altered feelings towards her. Dicano anchora che la Anna è mal voluta degli Si di Inghilterra si per la sua superbia, si anche per l'insolentia e mali portamenti che fanno nel regno li fratelli e parenti di Anna; e che per questo il Re non la porta la affezione que soleva per che il Re festeggia una altra Donna della quale se mostra esser inamorato, e molti Si di Inghilterra lo ajutano nel seguir el preditto amor per deviar questo Re dalla pratica di Anna. [206] Hall. [207] "I, dame Elizabeth Barton," she said, "do confess that I, most miserable and wretched person, have been the original of all this mischief, and by my falsehood I have deceived all these persons (the monks who were her accomplices), and many more; whereby I have most grievously offended Almighty God, and my most noble sovereign the King's Grace. Wherefore I humbly, and with heart most sorrowful, desire you to pray to Almighty God for my miserable sins, and make supplication for me to my sovereign for his gracious mercy and pardon."--Confession of Elizabeth Barton: _Rolls House MS._ [208] Papers relating to Elizabeth Barton: _Rolls House MS._ [209] _State Papers_, Vol. I. p. 415. [210] A curious trait in Mary's character may be mentioned in connection with this transfer. She had a voracious appetite; and in Elizabeth's household expenses an extra charge was made necessary of 20_l._ a-year for the meat breakfasts and meat suppers "served into the Lady Mary's chamber."--Statement of the expenses of the Household of the Princess Elizabeth: _Rolls House MS._ [211] He is called _frater consobrinus_. See Fuller's _Worthies_ Vol III. p. 128. [212] He was killed at the battle of Pavia. [213] Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire, married Catherine, daughter of Edward. [214] Believe me, my lord, there are some here, and those of the greatest in the land, who will be indignant if the Pope confirm the sentence against the late Queen.--D'Inteville to Montmorency: _The Pilgrim_, p. 97. [215] She once rode to Canterbury, disguised as a servant, with only a young girl for her companion.--Depositions of Sir Geoffrey Pole: _Rolls House MS._ [216] Confession of Sir William Neville: _Rolls House MS._