For many years I have been studying

The Terrible Machines of Anne Boleyn

Which have been all but forgotten by history

I am standing in a fading barn in Somerset

Which is rumoured to have been built

Over one of these terrible machines

At present I am waiting for permission

To begin the dig using specialised equipment

But I do suspect that this will not be granted

Due to the gravity of what I may discover

(To be opened in the event of my disappearance)

I have in my possession a letter now much faded written in the hand of Anne Boleyn

It reads

She decreed in her will that her husband would be the regent during the minority of their child

I find this confusing as it contradicts Anne’s known history

I have supposed that it might have been caused by Dupuytren’s contracture

But I await the proof