亨利八世致安妮?博林
英国国王亨利八世(1491—1547)结婚十三年后，爱上女侍从安妮?博林(1507—1536)。与教皇经过十一年艰辛斗争后，亨利八世终于实现自己的愿望得以离婚再娶，1533年与安妮?博林成婚。这是亨利八世致安妮?博林的一封情书。
亲爱的甜心：
我之所以写这封信，是想跟你诉说你走之后我所忍受的无边的寂寞。真的，从你离开到现在已有半个月，我觉得这比往常的任何半个月都要长。我想这种感觉缘于你的善良温柔和我炽热的爱情，否则，如此短暂的别离，不可能让我如此痛苦。就要启程到你那里去了，我的痛苦随即减轻了一半，还有另外一件事让我感到非常欣慰，那就是我通过写作大大缓解了实际的痛苦。今天，我已经用四个多小时写作，所以，到这个时候才给你写这封短简。我的头有些痛，因此，我渴望（尤其是晚上）躺在爱人的怀里，相信很快就可以亲吻到你那对迷人的小宝贝了。
甘愿属于你的人。
H．R．
HenryⅧ
To
Myne Sweetheart,
This shall be to advertise you of the great ellingness that I find here since your departing, for I ensure you, me thinketh the Tyme longer since your departing now Comst than I was wont to do a whole Fortnight; I think your Kindness and my Fervence of Love causeth it, for otherwise I would not thought it possible, that for so little a while it should have grieved me, but now that I am coming toward you, me thinketh my Pains by half released, and also I am right well comforted, insomuch that my Book maketh substantially for my Matter, in writing whereof I have spent above four Hours this Day, which caused me now write the shorter Letter to you at this Tyme, because of some Payne in my Head, wishing myself(specially an Evening) in my Sweethearts Armes whose pretty Duckys I trust shortly to kysse. Write with the Hand of him that was, is, and shall be yours by his will,
H．R．T.xt.小`说`天.堂