CHAPTER XXI.

Funeral of Catherine--Miscarriage of Anne--The Princess Mary and the Act of Supremacy--Her continued desire to escape--Effect of Catherine's death on Spanish policy--Desire of the Emperor to recover the English alliance--Chapuys and Cromwell--Conditions of the treaty--Efforts of the Emperor to recover Henry to the Church--Matrimonial schemes--Likelihood of a separation of the King from Anne--Jane Seymour--Anne's conduct--The Imperial treaty--Easter at Greenwich--Debate in Council--The French Alliance or the Imperial--The alternative advantages--Letter of the King to his Ambassador in Spain 389