[37] Late in 1525. A sad little letter written by Katharine in her quaint English to her daughter at this time is well known, but will bear repeating. Mary had written asking how she was; and the reply assures the Princess that it had not been forgetfulness of her that had caused her mother to delay the answer. "I am in that case that the long absence of the King and you troubleth me. My health is metely good; and I trust in God, he that sent me the last (illness?) doth it to the best and will shortly turn it (_i.e._ like?) to the fyrst to come to good effect. And in the meantime, I am veray glad to hear from you, specially when they shew me that ye be well amended. As for your writing in Latin, I am glad ye shall change from me to Master Federston; for that shall do you much good to learn by him to write right. But yet sometimes I would be glad when ye do write to Master Federston of your own enditing, when he hath read it that I may see it. For it shall be a great comfort to me to see you keep your Latin and fair writing and all." (Ellis' "Original Letters," B.M. Cotton Vesp. F. xiii.) [38] Mr. Froude denied that there is any foundation for the assertion that Mary Boleyn was the King's mistress. It seems to me, on the contrary, to be as fully supported by evidence as any such fact can be. [39] As usual, Hall is very diffuse in his descriptions of these festivities, especially in their sartorial aspects, and those readers who desire such details may be referred to his _Chronicle_. [40] Cavendish, "Life of Wolsey." [41] Letters of Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza early in 1527. _Spanish Calendar_, vol. 3, part 2. [42] _Spanish Calendar_, vol. 3, part 2, Mendoza's letters, and _Henry VIII. Calendar_, vol. 4, part 2, Wolsey to the King, 5th July 1527.