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    &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;FONT size=+1&gt;Letter of Queen Anne Boleyn to her husband, King 
Henry VIII&lt;br&gt;6 May 1536&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;Background&lt;br&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;
  &lt;IMG height=194 alt=&quot;Queen Anne Boleyn&quot; 
  src=&quot;_httpdocimg_/anne1.jpg&quot; width=150 align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;First of 
  all, this letter may be a fake.&amp;nbsp; Then again, it may not.&amp;nbsp; The debate 
  over its authenticity continues and no definitive answer is possible.&amp;nbsp; 
  The original no longer exists; a copy was said to be found amongst Thomas 
  Cromwell's papers after his execution.&amp;nbsp; Most of Anne's modern biographers 
  believe it to be a forgery.&amp;nbsp; Their reason?&amp;nbsp; They don't believe any 
  16th century prisoner would have been allowed to write to their monarch in 
  such a familiar manner.&amp;nbsp; Yet Anne was not just any political prisoner - 
  she was Henry VIII's wife and had been his grand passion for several 
  years.&amp;nbsp; Locked away in the Tower, aware of the concurrent arrests of her 
  brother and friends and worried about her young daughter, she may very well 
  have written to the king.&amp;nbsp; She was in a desperate situation, of course, 
  but she also believed (as witnesses attest) that Henry would be merciful and 
  simply divorce her and send her to a convent.&amp;nbsp; She was proven wrong and 
  executed thirteen days after this letter was supposedly written.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;In debating the authenticity, another point to consider is 
  Anne's personality.&amp;nbsp; Her combative temperament was well-documented by her 
  contemporaries; they observed with awe that she dared to chastise and insult 
  the king.&amp;nbsp; Henry VIII himself commented upon her boldness.&amp;nbsp; It had probably helped to attract his attention.&amp;nbsp;  But the appeal of such a passionate 
  and emotional woman did not hold him forever.&amp;nbsp; By the end of their 
  relationship, Henry was comparing her to a shrew and warned her to hold her 
  tongue in his presence.&amp;nbsp; His next wife was the very quiet and meek Jane 
  Seymour, and a more glaring contrast to Anne Boleyn cannot be imagined.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;p&gt;&lt;FONT size=-1&gt;If Anne had written a letter to Henry from her prison, it 
  would undoubtedly read exactly like this one.&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;FONT size=-1&gt;As to 
  its authenticity..... I have included this letter because it is an interesting 
  historical curiosity, whether authentic or forged.&amp;nbsp; It is up to the 
  individual reader to reject or accept it.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;FONT face=&quot;Times New Roman,Times&quot;&gt;Your grace's displeasure and 
    my imprisonment are things so strange to me, that what to write, or what to 
    excuse, I am altogether ignorant.&amp;nbsp; Whereas you send to me (willing me 
    to confess a truth and so obtain your favor), by such a one, whom you know 
    to be mine ancient professed enemy, I no sooner received this message by 
    him, than I rightly conceived your meaning; and if, as you say, confessing a 
    truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, 
    perform your duty.&amp;nbsp; But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor 
    wife will be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought 
    ever proceeded.&amp;nbsp; And to speak a truth, never a prince had wife more 
    loyal in all duty, and in all true affection, than you have ever found in 
    Anne Bulen - with which name and place I could willingly have contented 
    myself, if God and your grace's pleasure had been so pleased.&amp;nbsp; Neither 
    did I at any time so far forget myself in my exaltation or received 
    queenship, but that I always looked for such alteration as I now find; for 
    the ground of my preferment being on no surer foundation than your grace's 
    fancy, the least alteration was fit and sufficient (I knew) to draw that 
    fancy to some other subject.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT 
    face=&quot;Times New Roman,Times&quot;&gt;You have chosen me from low estate to be your 
    queen and companion, far beyond my desert or desire; if, then, you found me 
    worthy of such honor, good your grace, let not any light fancy or bad 
    counsel of my enemies withdraw your princely favor from me; neither let that 
    stain - that unworthy stain - of a disloyal heart towards your good grace 
    ever cast so foul a blot on me, and on the infant princess your 
    daughter.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=&quot;Times New Roman,Times&quot;&gt;Try me, good king, 
    but let me have a lawful trial, and let not my sworn enemies sit as my 
    accusers and as my judges; yea, let me receive an open trial, for my truth 
    shall fear no open shame.&amp;nbsp; Then you shall see either my innocency 
    cleared, your suspicions and conscience satisfied, the ignominy and slander 
    of the world stopped, or my guilt openly declared.&amp;nbsp; So that, whatever 
    God and you may determine of, your grace may be freed from an open censure; 
    and my offense being so lawfully proved, your grace may be at liberty, both 
    before God and man, not only to execute worthy punishment on me as an 
    unfaithful wife but to follow your affection already settled on that party 
    for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some while since have 
    pointed unto - your grace being not ignorant of my suspicions therein.&amp;nbsp; 
    But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an 
    infamous slander must bring your the joying of your desired happiness, then 
    I desire of God that he will pardon your great sin herein, and likewise my 
    enemies, the instruments thereof; and that he will not call you to a strait 
    account for your unprincely and cruel usage of me at his general 
    judgment-seat, where both you and myself must shortly appear; and in whose 
    just judgment, I doubt not (whatsoever the world may think of me), mine 
    innocency shall be openly known and sufficiently cleared.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT 
    face=&quot;Times New Roman,Times&quot;&gt;My last and only request shall be, that myself 
    only bear the burden of your grace's displeasure, and that it may not touch 
    the innocent souls of those poor gentlemen, whom, as I understand, are 
    likewise in strait imprisonment for my sake.&amp;nbsp; If ever I have found 
    favor in your sight - if ever the name of Anne Bulen have been pleasing in 
    your ears - then let me obtain this request; and so I will leave to trouble 
    your grace any further, with mine earnest prayer to the Trinity to have your 
    grace in his good keeping, and to direct you in all your actions.&lt;/FONT&gt; 
    &lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=&quot;Times New Roman,Times&quot;&gt;From my doleful prison in the Tower, 
    the 6th May.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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