But Mary's career was short. She died (1558) near the close of an
inglorious war with France, which ended in the fall of Calais, the
last English possession on the Continent (S240). It was a great blow
to her pride, and a serious humiliation to the country. "After my
death," she said, "you will find Calais written on my heart." Could
she have foreseen the future, her grief would have been greater
still. For with the end of her reign the Pope lost all power in
England, never to regain it.