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    &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;FONT size=+1&gt;Letter from Anne Boleyn to King Henry VIII&lt;br&gt; late 
summer 1526&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;Background &lt;/b&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
  &lt;IMG height=194 alt=&quot;Queen Anne Boleyn&quot; 
  src=&quot;_httpdocimg_/anne2.jpg&quot; width=139 align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;Seventeen of 
  Henry VIII's famous love letters to Anne Boleyn exist; they can be viewed at 
  the Vatican Library.&amp;nbsp; However, only one of Anne's love letters to the 
  king has survived.&amp;nbsp; It is undated, but its contents place it in late 
  summer/early autumn of 1526.&amp;nbsp; How?&amp;nbsp; She thanks the king for 
  personally appointing her a maid of honor to his queen, Katharine of Aragon, 
  but also - and more importantly - she acknowledges the king's serious 
  declaration of love for her.&amp;nbsp; As students of Anne's life know, this 
  subtle but vital shift in their relationship occurred in summer 1526.&amp;nbsp; We 
  also know that she returned to court as a maid of honor to Katharine of Aragon 
  at the same time.&amp;nbsp; Interestingly, this letter reveals that Anne owed her 
  position at court entirely to the king's favor.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;This 
  is believed to be the first love letter Anne wrote to Henry, and is rarely 
  included in any biography of the queen.&amp;nbsp; However, its authenticity is not 
  in serious doubt.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;One should remember that Henry's 
  brief relationship with Anne's sister, Mary Boleyn, had only ended a year 
  before (in July 1525.)&amp;nbsp; On 4 March 1526, Mary gave birth to a son called 
  Henry, widely assumed to be the king's son.&amp;nbsp; Anne's feelings about this 
  awkward situation were never made clear, but she was not close to her 
  sister.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;Please note that Anne spelt her surname 
  'Bulen' in this letter.&amp;nbsp; This is the third variation of the name I've found.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;Sire, &lt;BR&gt;It belongs only to the august mind of a great king, to 
    whom Nature has given a heart full of generosity towards the sex, to repay 
    by favors so extraordinary an artless and short conversation with a 
    girl.&amp;nbsp; Inexhaustible as is the treasury of your majesty's bounties, I 
    pray you to consider that it cannot be sufficient to your generosity; for, 
    if you recompense so slight a conversation by gifts so great, what will you 
    be able to do for those who are ready to consecrate their entire obedience 
    to your desires?&amp;nbsp; How great soever may be the bounties I have received, 
    the joy that I feel in being loved by a king whom I adore, and to whom I 
    would with pleasure make a sacrifice of my heart, if fortune had rendered it 
    worthy of being offered to him, will ever be infinitely greater. &lt;BR&gt;The 
    warrant of maid of honor to the queen induces me to think that your majesty 
    has some regard for me, since it gives me means of seeing you oftener, and 
    of assuring you by my own lips (which I shall do on the first opportunity) 
    that I am, &lt;BR&gt;Your majesty's very obliged and very obedient servant, 
    without any reserve, &lt;BR&gt;Anne Bulen.&lt;/p&gt;
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of Henry VIII&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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href=&quot;_httpextlink_&amp;amp;rl=1&amp;amp;href=http:%2f%2fenglishhistory.net%2ftudor.html&quot;&gt;to Tudor England&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;
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