I  have  really  no  hope  or  heart  left."  A  letter  of  Leiva's  of  the  23d  Oct.  shows,
however,  that  he  had  not  lost  heart.
2  Brief  in  Burnet's  Collection,  p.  9.  It  is  said  there,  "  Cum  matrimonium
contraxissetis  illudque  carnali  copula  forsan  consummavissetis."  It  is  clear  that
the  dispensation  assumed  this  to  be  the  case.
3  Leviticus  xx.  21,  quoted  by  John  the  Baptist  to  Herod  :  St.  Mark  vi.  18.
4  Polydorus  Virgilius,  Historia  Anglica,  Henncus  VIII.,  p.  82.  Jam  pridem
conjugium  regium  velut  infirmum  labefactatum  iri  censebat  idque  clam  suis
ssepe  intimis  amicis  insusurrabat.
5  Respuesta  del  emperador  al  cartel  presentado  por  Clarencao.  Sandoval,
lib.  xvi.,  torn,  i.,  p.  358.
