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Henry VIII came with great advantages to the Crown. For 1. In him the two Roses were united. 2. He had no competator, which had not happen'd for many ^ deletion years. /deletion addition ages /addition 3. He was handsome, which pleas'd the people, & demanded their respect. 4. He was a very good scholler, considering the times, which made him be esteem'd by men of sense & learning. 5. The Barrons having sold great part of their land, their power was greatly diminish'd. 6. His father left an immence deletion sum of money /deletion addition riches /addition which were of great use to him in bringing many things about. 7. He had Empson & Dudley, his father's to flagitious ministers tried & executed, which was a very popular measure.

Altho these are great advantages yet his love of diversions put him for some time under great difficulties. For in a few months after he came to the throne, having spent all the money his father had heap'd together, he was forc'd to ask a subsidy, which the Parliament would not hear of. He then sent Wolsey whom they would not hear. deletion When they /deletion addition This haughty Prelate ^ had ye. impudence to say that if they /addition would not grant his request, deletion unclear /deletion he would debate it with them. They at last granted the King a Subsidy but not so great a one as he requir'd. Grown tired of his Queen he resolv'd to be divorc'd; his ^ ^ deletion plea /deletion addition pretence /addition was that she was his Brothers Widdow therefore he ought not to have married her. He sends to deletion the /deletion Pope ^ addition Adrian VI. /addition to obtain a Divorce but the Pope dying he was forced to ask it of his successor Clement VII. The Pope was very much affaird of the Emp. Charles V. which made him very carefull ^ addition of /addition what he did with regard to Catharine. At length Henry's patience being tir'd out deletion be resolv'd to /deletion addition by the advice /addition of ArchBishop Cranmer he call'd together an assembly of Peers & Divines & was divorc'd. When he had done this great step without the Pope he was forc'd to go a step further & unclear to allow of the infalability of the Pope, & to make himself head of the Church of England. He unclear catchword drive /catchword