“What the King ought to have done was to cast away from him, and from the service of his Queen, the lady who is the cause of all this evil. She might have been disposed of in marriage, or shut up in a convent, or sent to Madame [Margaret] with a post of honour in her household. This being done, and the King fasting for several days upon bread and water, with severe penance besides for the scandal given, he should then have commended himself to God and placed the affair in the hands of His Holiness, the only authority in such matters. I would consent to lose my head on the block, if after a month of such a life the King did not become a better husband than ever he was before, and retrieve his soul, ensure his estate, and restore the Queen in all her rights so unjustly taken away from her. Should he do that he would no longer suffer from scruples, and everyone would consider him a good Christian.”
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Dr. Garay in a letter to Charles V
Spain: October 1530, 16-25
Pages 766-784
Calendar of State Papers, Spain, Volume 4 Part 1, Henry VIII, 1529-1530
#henry: ye so…i’m not doing…any of that sh*t#djjdsjdjdj idk WHY this was so funny to me but just like.#it’s just not realistic dr.
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