[COTTON. MS. APPENDIX XXIX. FOL. 61, segundo FOLIATION.
Holograph, much burnt. SUPPLIED FROM SMITH MS. NO. 68,
FOL. 13, COLLATED WITH HARLEIAN MS. 283, FOL. 111 b, AND
COTTONIAN MS. TITUS, C. VII. FOL. 17 b.]
*** The present letter was written to accompany Mary's humble submission and confession, which contained a complete yielding of all the disputed points, including the king's supremacy as head of the church, and the acknowledgment of the unlawfulness of her mother's marriage, which she was at length persuaded or frightened into signing.
Most humbly prostrate before the feet of your most excellent...
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