CHAPTER XIV.

Interview between the Pope and Francis at Marseilles--Proposed compromise--The divorce case to be heard at Cambray--The Emperor consents--Catherine refuses--The story of the Nun of Kent--Bishop Fisher in the Tower--Imminent breach with the Papacy--Catherine and the Princess Mary--Separation of the Princess from her mother--Catherine at Kimbolton--Appeals to the Emperor-- Encouragement of Lutheranism--Last efforts at Rome--Final sentence delivered by the Pope--The Pope's authority abolished in England 243