Catharine was banished from the court and exiled to a castle, which
she had once occupied as consort of Arthur, Prince of Wales. And
Henry likewise allowed her only the attendance and pension which the
law appoints to the widow of the Prince of Wales.[Footnote: Burnet,
vol. i, p. 120.]

"I have ever held this to be one of the most prudent and subtle acts
of our exalted king, and in the whole history of this divorce the
king conducted himself with admirable consistency and resolution.
But this is to say, he was excited by opposition. Mark this, then,
my child, for this is the reason why I have spoken to you of these
things so much at length. Mark this, then: King Henry is every way
entirely unable to bear contradiction, or to be subjected to
restraint. If you wish to win him to any purpose, you must try to
draw him from it; you must surround it with difficulties and
hinderances. Therefore show yourself coy and indifferent; that will
excite him. Do not court his looks; then will he seek to encounter
yours. And when finally he loves you, dwell so long on your virtue
and your conscience, that at length Henry, in order to quiet your
conscience, will send this troublesome Catharine Parr to the block,
or do as he did with Catharine of Aragon, and declare that he did
not mentally give his consent to this marriage, and therefore
Catharine is no queen, but only Lord Neville's widow. Ah, since he
made himself high-priest of his Church, there is no impediment for
him in matters of this kind, for only God is mightier than he.

"The beautiful Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife, proved this. I have
seen her often, and I tell you, Jane, she was of wondrous beauty.
Whoever looked upon her, could not but love her, and he whom she
smiled upon felt himself fascinated and glorified. When she had