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At the same time Queen Jane was not expected to be a complete cipher. Nor should we regard her as such just because she was frightened of the King (as most people were by this time, and with good reason). One notes that the king's outburst referred to the fact that he had 'often' warned her against meddling; she had simply gone too far on this occasion and on a particularly sensitive matter.

The Wives of Henry VIII, Antonia Fraser

#it's the most obvious assumption to make; although #it should perhaps also be noted that there's a certain degree of...emotional distance? in this dispatch #the reason those of chapuys are still the prime material used has to be in part be because there's no emotional detachment to be had #thus they're more naturally engaging; even tho he himself is like...insufferable #ie 'which IS enough to frighten a woman (already) not very secure'#meaning it would credibly be. but not actually confirming that she seemed frightened when he said that #we can assume she masked very well and perhaps removed herself from wherever she gave this plea (context clues suggest; it was with #a significant audience ...#the scene is generally imagined as him conferring from under his dais #with the men of nobility left at court; once liveried messengers have sent news from the north)#antonia fraser #henrician #also; uh...'fact' according to. henry #and his definite penchant for revisionism

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