Excerpt from Watson's Magazine, Vol. 25: June, 1917 King was said to have signed; and the fact that they kept his death concealed from the public for three days, indi cates that they were preparing to meet any opposition that might confront a Protestant regency. This testamentary disposition of England, by a dying King, vividly illustrates the dynastic ideas which then prevailed, and which for centuries had considered peoples the mere chattels of Divine Right families. The last will of Henry VIII. Treated the English crown as his private property, a part of his wardrobe, as fully his own as the horse that he rode to the chase. The heirs named in this testament were not to receive the throne from the English parliament, or the English people, but from him, Henry Tudor. His father had obtained supreme power, not from the nation, but from God; and as he had inherited from this divinely chosen sire, so his son and daughters should inherit from him, in manner, form, and condition as pre scribed in this my last will and testa ment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.