J.W.H.

_Cardinal._--"_Never did Cardinal bring good to England._"--We read in Dr.

Ligard's _History_ (vol. iv. p. 527.), on the authority of Cavendish, that

when the Cardinals Campeggio and Wolsey adjourned the inquiry into the

legality of Henry VIII.'s marriage with Catharine of Arragon, "the Duke of

Suffolk, striking the table, exclaimed with vehemence, that the 'old saw'

was now verified,--'Never did Cardinal bring good to England.'" I should be

glad to know if this saying is to be met with elsewhere, and what gave rise

to it?

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