State of the North 159 Proposal to betray Aske 161 Rebel Council at York 163 The Council of Pomfret 165 The King's Second Commission 167 Resolutions of the King 169 The Council of York 171 Aske goes to London 173 Fresh Danger 175 CHAPTER XIV. THE COMMISSION OF CARDINAL POLE. James the Fifth 176 Reginald Pole made a Cardinal 177 The Mission into Flanders 178 The Credentials 180 State of the North of England 181 Sir Francis Bigod 182 Second Insurrection 184 Failures at Scarborough and Hull 185 Arrival of the Duke of Norfolk 187 The Rebels attack Carlisle 189 Martial Law 191 Pole arrives in France 193 He is dismissed into the Netherlands 194 He retires to Liège 195 Arrests in England 196 Aske, Darcy, and Constable 197 Trials of the Prisoners 199 Executions 206 Aske and Constable 207 Death of Aske 209 The Children of Benjamin 211 Pole at Liège 212 Michael Throgmorton 213 Letter of Cromwell to Michael Throgmorton 214 Illustrative Sketches of the Time 219 The Sacraments 228 The Bishop's Book 229 Address of the King 230 State of the Navy 231 Piracy in the Channel 232 Battle in Falmouth Harbour 233