Letter from King Henry the 8th to Saint Thomas More

Lord Chancellor,
It has come to ye that loyalty is hard to find. There is a resistance towards the decision for that of ye divorce. Thus is thy decision Chancellor, for or against, may thee think it well, as will leave thee not an understanding friend if for the disapproval. For what is to become of the daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragón, her future is not of the importance, we first must deal with the future of England. To divorce ye wife authority must be now that it will be even harder to divorce, as the Pope is in power with the emperor Charles V, and is not likely to let his…