CHAPTER XVI.

Prosecution of Lord Dacre--Failure of the Crown--Rebellion in Ireland--Lord Thomas Fitzgerald--Delight of the Catholic party-- Preparations for a rising in England--The Princess Mary--Lord Hussey and Lord Darcy--Schemes for insurrection submitted to Chapuys--General disaffection among the English Peers--Death of Clement VII.--Election of Paul III.--Expectation at Rome that Henry would now submit--The expectation disappointed--The Act of Supremacy--The Italian conjuror--Reginald Pole--Violence and insolence of Anne Boleyn--Spread of Lutheranism--Intended escape of the Princess Mary out of England 283