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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 Anne Boleyn & his own passions the King determined to bring on the ruen of the Cardinal the Great Seal was taken from him and he retired to his Sea of York-- but he was not allowed to remain long unmolested 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 Leicester Abby
