#for the reason it has to be coincidence means it's strong corrobrative evidence that this was the impression of contemporaries; tho

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In February 1529, Campeggio was to say that Henry's love was 'something amazing, and in fact he sees nothing and thinks nothing but Anne. He cannot stay away from her for an hour; it is really quite pitiable, and on it depends his life, and indeed the destruction or survival of this kingdom.' Surely Campeggio had got to the heart of the matter, for without the intensity of that love [...] it is difficult to see how Henry could have sustained the campaign for the five and half years that were needed, or that he would have jeopradized so much in order to do so.

The King’s Cardinal (2002), Peter Gwyn