#and also that elizabeth's paternity was not as 'questioned' by edwardian historians as marian
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what DID william thomas write about henry the eight's queens?
the below (keep in mind the intended audience was edward vi, and it's something of an apologist, tiptoe whitewash of henry viii)--
Catherine of Aragon:
"that gentle and virtuous Lady Katherine [...] she yielded her spirit unto God, leaving her daughter, that courteous Lady Mary, whom we have so often mentioned"
Anne Boleyn:
"whose liberal life were too shameful to rehearse [...] once she was a wise woman, indued with outward good qualities [...] such courtly graces [...]as few women were of her time [...] with such an outward profession of gravity as was to be marvelled at, but inwardly she was [another] dame than she seemed to be... she had conspired the King's death"
"this second wife lived with the King about the space of four years, having issue a daughter by him named the Lady Elizabeth, [presently] fourteen years of age, a very witty and gentle young lady"
Jane Seymour:
“one of the humblest and chastest maidens in the world, replete of all beauty and wisdom [...] lived in perfect and loving matrimony”
Anne of Cleves:
“[the king] loved this woman beyond measure; for why? her personage, beauty, and gesture did no less merit it”
“for the singular love he bare unto her, he offered her liberty to remain in England at his honourable provision [...]”
Catherine Howard:
“a very beautiful gentlewoman, and, to worldly judgement, a very virtuous and chaste creature, though in effect contrary was found afterwards”
Katherine Parr:
"beloved of all creatures"
"right fair and excellent"
“his glorious chance had brought him to die in the arms of so faithful a spouse”
#anon#i'll include his sisters because it's interesting#and also that elizabeth's paternity was not as 'questioned' by edwardian historians as marian#the praise of AB is interesting but the idea is that henry wasn't foolish she was just a mirage of a woman that she wasn't#if he wrote that she was an awful ugly flirtatious harridan then it would make henry seem like a moron for marrying her#but if she had 'outward' dignity and wisdom and grace then how was he to know
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