Bottom is given the part of 'a lover that kills himself, most gallant, for love.' And he's thrilled to be part of it. Thus, he believed it was a tragedy.
But the king intervened and the existing interim was indefinitely prolonged. after the issue of the Interim in May 1548. Then began a religious interim, which was gradually prolonged for ten years, during which time Protestantism in Poland flourished exceedingly.
