nst the Turkish menace, and freeing the Emperor's forces to fight if he so wished against England. To Henry, Anne, and Archbishop Cranmer the news was a terrible shock. After hearing the news, Chapuis reported to his master that they appeared like "dogs falling out of a window." The King looked around for something to cheer him up and saw the shy, demure face of a woman who was the complete opposite of the one who had caused him all this trouble. Her name was Jane Seymour. She brought King Henry visions of a relationship in which peace and tranquility would reign in place of turbulence and problems he had known with Anne (Bruce 273). This was the start of the King's pursuit of the woman who would be his third wife. She was the mother of Edward VI and, in Henry's terms, his only successful wife (Ives 336).
             Anne Boleyn had not lived up to the King's expectations, and he was soon seeking diversion. Catherine of Aragon died on January 1536 (Bindoff 108). Anne Boleyn wept when she heard the news of Catherine's death. She realized that Catherine's death
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