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HENRY VIII. PLUNDERING THE CHURCHES AND MONASTERIES
OF THEIR POSSESSIONS.



AFTER THE DEATH OF JANE SEYMOUR, HENRY VIII. TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO THE SELECTION OF A NEW QUEEN, DECLINING ON ANNE OF CLEVES, A PROTESTANT PRINCESS WITH WHOSE PORTRAIT HE HAD BEEN HIGHLY PLEASED. THE ORIGINAL SO GREATLY DISAPPOINTED HIM THAT HE SOON DIVORCED HER.