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the King to consult all the Universities in Europe with respect to the Legality of his Marriage with Catherien--The Universities after some hesitation gave a verdect in the Kings favour and soon after the King married Anna Boleyn. Wolsey had long forseen this measure as the forerunner of his ruin, though he had employed himself with assiduity to bring the suit to an happy issue yet he was too slow for Henry's impatient temper--Influenced by Anna Boleyn and his own passions the King determined to bring on the ruin of the Cardinal the Great Seal was taken from him and ^ [[addition]] he [[/addition]] retired to his See of York--but he was not allowed to remain long immolested in this retreat, as the Earl of Northumberland received orders to arrest him for [[underline]] High treason [[/underline]] and to conduct him to London in order to take his trial--the Cardinal was taken ill on the road and with difficulty reached Lenester Abby when he died. The Parliament being again assembled confirmed on The King the title of the only [[underline]] supreme head of the Church of England [[/underline]] and they compleated the
