In the years Tyndale spent evading Henry VIII's spies, he'd begun translating the Old Testament with the financial backing of a few English traders. Now Wolsey was gone, he judged it safe to move to Antwerp in 1534 and live there openly. He was befriended by an Englishman called Henry Philips, who professed an interest in the reformed faith. In fact, he was an agent - either of Henry VIII or the new English Church