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the papal authority in England, refused to pay to the See of Rome his annual tribute; ordered the dissolution of Monasteries obliged the Clergy to acknowledge him head of the Church and those who refused were either banished or put to death: among these last were the learned Sir Thomes Moore Lord Chancellor of England and Fisher Bishop of Rochester.-- The reformation thus begun in this Kingdom was compleated under the reign of Elizabeth. A war breaking out between him and the Scots who were assisted by the French, Henry in 1545-- took Boulogne from the latter, and burnt Leith and Edinburgh. He also (united Wales to England. He died January the 29th 1547-- the 56-year of his age. Henry the 8th before he became corpulent was of a goodly personage and commanding aspect rather imperious then dignified. He excelled in all the exercises of Youth and possessed a good natural understanding. He was rash, arrogant, Prodigal, vainglorious, pedantic, and superstitious. His
