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34 | <p align="center">&nbsp;<br>
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36 | <img border="0" src="_httpdocimg_/annedesc.gif" alt="Contemporary Descriptions of Anne Boleyn" width="374" height="171"><p align="center">&nbsp;</td>
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45 | <font size="2">
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46 | <img border="0" src="_httpdocimg_/anne2.jpg" alt="portrait of Anne Boleyn" align="left" width="139" height="194">Contemporary descriptions of
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47 | Henry VIII's infamous second wife vary widely.&nbsp; Even her
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48 | admirers and supporters found it difficult to praise her physical
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49 | appearance.&nbsp; She was striking but not beautiful; her sister Mary was
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50 | considered the beauty of the Boleyn family.</font><p><font size="2">There were occasional comments from hostile sources
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51 | that Anne had the attributes of a witch - a large mole on her neck, possibly
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52 | an extra finger.&nbsp; The latter is probably true.</font><p><font size="2">When reading the following comments,
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53 | remember
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54 | that most observers at Henry's court were not friendly with Anne.&nbsp;
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55 | Naturally, their descriptions of her were colored by their dislike. </font>
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57 | <p><font size="2">Also, contemporary views about her lifestyle were
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58 | influenced by one overriding fact: most people believed she was the sole
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59 | force behind the Henrician reformation.&nbsp; Katharine of Aragon was popular
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60 | and respected.&nbsp; Cast as the interloper, Anne was suitably despised.</font></td>
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63 | <p><b><font color="#990000">In the early 1530s, the Venetian ambassador
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64 | Savorgnano wrote:</font>
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65 | <br></b>Anne was 'a young woman of noble birth, though many say of bad character,
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66 | whose will is law to him, and he is expected to marry her should the divorce
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67 | take place, which it is supposed will not be effected, as the peers of
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68 | the realm.... and the people are opposed to it.'
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69 | <br>&nbsp; </p>
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70 |
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71 | <p><b><font color="#990000">The Abbot of Whitby describes the
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72 | political situation in 1530:</font>
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73 | <br></b>'The King's Grace is ruled by one common stewed whore, Anne Boleyn,
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74 | who makes all the spirituality to be beggared, and the temporality also.'
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75 | <br>&nbsp;
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76 | <p><b><font color="#990000">Henry VIII ordered Katharine of
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77 | Aragon to relinquish certain jewels (property of the crown) to Anne Boleyn;
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78 | Katharine replied:</font>
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79 | <br></b>'I will not give them up to a person who is the scandal of Christendom
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80 | and a disgrace to you.'
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81 | <br>&nbsp;
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82 | <p><b><font color="#990000">In 1532, a new Venetian ambassador described Anne
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83 | thusly:</font>
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84 | <br></b>'not one of the handsomest women in the world.&nbsp; She is of middling
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85 | stature, with a swarthy complexion, long neck, wide mouth, bosom not much
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86 | raised, and in fact has nothing but the King's great appetite, and her
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87 | eyes, which are black and beautiful - and take great effect on those who
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88 | served the Queen when she was on the throne.&nbsp; She lives like a queen,
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89 | and the King accompanies her to Mass - and everywhere.'
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90 | <br>&nbsp;
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91 | <p><b><font color="#990000">And the French ambassador contradicts Anne's
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92 | enemies; he reports that she is controlled by the king:</font>
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93 | <br></b>'....all that the Lady does is by the king's order.'
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94 | <br>&nbsp;
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95 | <p><b><font color="#990000">The Imperial ambassador, Eustace Chapuys, described circumstances in early 1533 to his master, Charles V:</font>
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96 | <br></b>'Your Majesty must root out the Lady and her adherents.... This accursed
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97 | Anne has her foot in the stirrup, and will do the Queen and the Princess
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98 | all the harm she can.&nbsp; She has boasted that she will make the Princess
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99 | her lady-in-waiting, or marry her to some varlet.'
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100 | <br>&nbsp;
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101 | <p><b><font color="#990000">Chapuys describes Anne's attendance
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102 | at Mass on 14 April 1533:</font>
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103 | <br></b>'It looks like a dream, and even those who take her part know not whether
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104 | to laugh or to cry.'
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105 | <br>&nbsp;
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106 | <p><b><font color="#990000">Henry and Anne's conversation at
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107 | her coronation procession was reported by Chapuys:</font>
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108 | <br></b>'How liked you the look of the City?' Henry asked.
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109 | <br>Anne replied, 'Sir, I liked the City well enough - but I saw a great
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110 | many caps on heads, and heard but few tongues.'
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111 | <br>&nbsp;
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112 | <p><b><font color="#990000">Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury,
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113 | was Anne's friend and champion.&nbsp; When news reached him of her arrest,
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114 | he bravely wrote to Henry VIII protesting - only to think better of offending
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115 | Henry.&nbsp; Cranmer added a suitably apologetic postscript to the letter.&nbsp;
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116 | Here are excerpts in which he describes Anne:</font>
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117 | <br></b>'If it be true that is openly reported of the Queen's Grace... I am
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118 | in such perplexity that my mind is clean amazed; for I never had better
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119 | opinion in woman than I had in her; which maketh me to think that she should
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120 | not be culpable...&nbsp; Next to Your Grace, I was most bound to her of
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121 | all creatures living... I wish and pray for her that she may declare herself
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122 | inculpable and innocent... I loved her not a little for the love which
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123 | I judged her to bear towards God and His Gospel.'
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