1501, Queens

In this is year Anne Boleyn was born, the future Queen of England
                                                      [as King Henry VIII the second wife.
A queen, the dream of every girl,
                                                [but for her a nightmare that cost her life.

When Henry began his pursuit of Anne,
                                              [she resisted his attempts to seduce her,
and this denial has resulted this gorgeous girl to capture his heart
                                                      [like a commando, like a saboteur.

But the king was married already to Catherine of Aragon
                                         [so he asked the Pope to annul his marriage.

Pope Clement VII made it clear he would not do it,
                                       [wrong judgment? wrongdoing? miscarriage?

Then Henry declared the English church's independence from Rome.
                                            [and himself to be supreme head of the Church.
(The whole story is a subject difficult for a foreigner
                                    [so I used the Internet as a resource for my research).

This action, this king's initiative, has resulted
                                  [in a schism with the Papacy that exists until our days.

Anne was crowned Queen of England,
             [but as it is known, love is unsatisfied, unfaithful, a dead-end maze,
and three years later her husband was courting Jane Seymour
                                    [and had to find reasons to end the marriage to Anne.

Henry VIII had the Queen investigated for high treason,
                           [found guilty and beheaded.....a shocking outrageous plan !!  

                                                      EPILOG
Her daughter became the most glorious Queen of England,

                                               [and for her 45-year reign, earned the title "the Great"
Was Elizabeth I, (sometimes called The Virgin Queen) the Elizabethan era,
   [the period of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and the adventurers such as Francis Drake.
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to be continued

* ''IT COULD BE OTHERWISE in verse''
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis -CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS
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