Note 126 — Chapter XIV · THE REIGN OF JAMES II.
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It seems, however, confirmed by Mazure, ii. 390, with the addition, that Petre, like a second Wolsey, aspired also to be chancellor. The pope, however, would not make him a bishop, against the rules of the order of jesuits to which he belonged. Id. 241. James then tried, through Lord Castlemain, to get him a cardinal's hat, but with as little success.