As the congregation were leaving the chapel, the vice-chancellor spoke to the secretary (Cromwell) and the provost, and told them the occasion of his visit. The king sent a message that he would receive the deputation after evening service. Desirous of giving a certain distinction to the decision of the universities, Henry ordered all the court to assemble in the audience-chamber. The vice-chancellor presented the letter to the king, who was much pleased with it. ‘Thanks, Mr. Vice-Chancellor,’ he said; ‘I very much approve the way in which you have managed this matter. I shall give your university tokens of my satisfaction.... You heard Mr. Latimer’s sermon,’ he added, which he greatly praised, and then withdrew. The Duke of Norfolk, going up to the vice-chancellor, told him that the king desired to see him the following day. The next day Dr. Buckmaster, faithful to the appointment, waited all the morning; but the king had changed his mind, and sent orders to the deputy from Cambridge that he might depart as soon as he pleased. The message had scarcely been delivered before the king entered the gallery. An idea which quite engrossed his mind urged him on; he wanted to speak with the doctor about the principle put forward by Cranmer. Henry detained Buckmaster from one o’clock until six, repeating, in every possible form, ‘Can the pope grant a dispensation when the law of God hath spoken?’[57] He even displayed much ill-humor before the vice-chancellor, because this point had not been decided at Cambridge. At last he quitted the gallery; and, to counterbalance the sharpness of his reproaches, he spoke very graciously to the doctor, who hurried away as fast as he could. Footnote 41: Burnet, _Records_, i. Footnote 42: ‘In the ears of them.’—Ibid. p. 39. Footnote 43: ‘Et res erat in multa confusione.’—Burnet, _Records_, i. p. 79, Gardiner to the king. Footnote 44: ‘To resort to his seat apart, every man’s mind to be known secretly.’—Burnet, _Records_, i. p. 80. Footnote 45: ‘To cause some to depart the house.’—Ibid. Footnote 46: ‘S. Scripturæ locorum conferentes, tum etiam interpretum.’—Burnet, _Records_, iii. p. 22. Footnote 47: ‘Publicam disputationem matura deliberatione.’—Ibid. Footnote 48: ‘Scrutatis diligentissime Sacræ Scripturæ locis.’—Burnet, _Records_, iii. p. 22. Footnote 49: ‘In doubt always.’—_State Papers_, i. p. 377. Footnote 50: ‘Most convenient way to entertain the multitude.’—Ibid. Footnote 51: Burnet, _Records_, iii. p. 26. Footnote 52: Ibid. Footnote 53: Burnet, _Records_, iii. p. 26. Footnote 54: _State Papers_, i. p. 379, and note. Footnote 55: Latimer, _Sermons_ (Parker Soc.), pp. 46, 381. Footnote 56: Ibid. pp. 126, 471. Footnote 57: ‘An papa potest dispensara.’—Burnet, _Records_, iii. p. 24.