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An ill wind blows through Britain.

King Henry VIII prepares for his wedding, his third, this time to Jane Seymour.

But meanwhile, his current wife, Anne Boleyn, prepares for death as she makes her way down from the tower and onto the executioner's

scaffolding. The blade swiftly strikes. It is the work of but a moment. Done? Done. Did I have to be this

boy? So bloody. King Henry soon promotes Cromwell, his right-hand man,

to the position of Lord Privy's seal. As monarch, Henry is known to keep those in his

favor close to him. But for several years now, Henry has been unwilling to keep his own daughter,

Mary Tudor, close.

He confides in Cromwell that she refuses to sign the oath, acknowledging Henry as the head of the church.

I shall not tolerate this defiance, not from a child to whom I gave life.

She loves you, majesty, she loves you.

I will convince her to take the oath.

Meanwhile, Cromwell takes it upon himself to tend to unfinished business with another family,

that of his late master, Cardinal Wolesy.

Cromwell visits Walsy's daughter, Dorothea, but is far less successful in tying up those loose ends.

Your person is not defective, at least not so defective as your nature and your deeds.

I see. I see.

I think it is my religion you do not like.

I love the gospel.

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