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y. Fra Paolo, i. 82. It was Henry's pride to defy the authority of the Roman bishop, and yet to enforce the doctrines of the Roman church. He was as tenacious of his reputation for Catholic orthodoxy, as of his claim to spiritual dominion. He disdained submission, and detested heresy. Nor was Henry VIII. slow to sustain his new prerogatives. He rejected the advice of the commons, as of brutes and inexpert folks, of men as unfit to advise him as blind men are to judge of colors. Herbert's Henry VIII., 418, 419. According to ancient usage, no sentence of death, awarded by the ecclesiastical courts, could be carried into effect, until a writ had been obtained from the king. The regulation had been adopted in a spirit of mercy, securing to the temporal authorities the power of restraining persecution. Neal's Puritans, i. 55. The heretic might appeal from the atrocity of the priest to the mercy of the sovereign. But now, what hope could remain, when the two authorities we