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[[underline]] Henry the 8th 1509. [[/underline]] Henry the 8th succeeded his Father Henry the 7th in 1509--he was educated with great are in every branch of useful learning and had studied the Latin Language, philosophy and Divinety as his Father designed him for the Archbishoperick of Canterbury, but upon the death of his Brother Arthur he became Hier to the Crown and was soon after Created Prince of Wales--In 1503 an agreement was made that he should marry the Widow of his Brother Arthur--Though with reluctance he consented soon after he came to the Throne to fulfil the promise he had given his Father--and married Catharene of Aragon--Henry in 1512 all on fire for military fame was incouraged to join the alliance which the Pope, Spain & Venice had formed against the French monarch.-- He had now got a minister who flattered him in every scheme to which is impetuous temper inclined.
