CHAPTER V.

Necessity of the Reformation--Wolsey's Earnestness with Da Casale--An Audience with Clement VII--Cruel Position of the Pope--A Judas' Kiss--A new Brief--Bryan and Vannes sent to Rome--Henry and Du Bellay--Wolsey's Reasons against the Brief--Excitement in London--Metamorphosis--Wolsey's Decline--His Anguish, page 353