HENRY VIII S WRITING BOX IS
preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Tudor rose is prominent on the front of the box and the inscription is that of the Garter—Honi soit qui mal y pense.
HENRY TO ANNE BOLEYN ON HIS HOPES FOR A DIVORCE. In
this letter of September 1528, Henry informs Anne that Gampeggio, the papal legate, 'aryvyd att Parys on Sonday or Munday last past, so that I trust by the next Munday to here off hys aryvall att Gales, and then I trust within a wile after to enjoy that whyche I have so long longed for, to God's pleasure and owre bothe comfortes. No more to vow at thys present, myne owne darlyng, for lake off tyme, but that I wolde you were in mine arrnes or I in yours, for I thynk it long syns I kyst yow.' But Garnpeggio had been warned to hasten slowly and the marriage did not take place for another four years.
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