Compare 1577 edition: 1 His praise.This king, besides other his gifts of nature, was aided greatlie by his seemelie personage. He had a prouident wit, sharpe to conceiue and vnderstand: he was courteous and gentle, dooing all things sage|lie and with good consideration, a man of great tem|perance and sobrietie. Those he chiefelie fauoured and aduanced to honour, and roomes of high dignitie, which excelled in honest conuersation, modestie, and innocencie of life, of bodie well made, of a conueni|ent stature, as neither of the highest nor lowest sort: of face faire and manlike, eies bright and shining,His pro [...]|tion of [...] and in age bald, but so as it was rather a séemelinesse to those his ancient yeares than any disfiguring fo his visage; in knowledge of martiall affaires verie skilfull, as the enterprises and worthie acts by him at|chiued doo sufficientlie witnesse.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 In what estimation he was had among strangers it may appeare, in that he was not onelie made vi|car of the empire by the emperour Lewes of Ba| [...]iere, but also after the decease of the same empe|rour, diuerse of the electours, as Lewes marques of Brandenbourgh, Robert or Rupert count Palatine of the Rhene, and the yoong duke of Saxonie, with Henrie archbishop of Mentz, elected him to succéed in place of the said emperour Lewes. Neuerthe|lesse, he giuing them hartie thanks for the honour which they did vnto him herein, refused to take the charge vpon him, alledging that he could not haue time to supplie the roome, by reason of the warres that he had in France, to recouer his right which he had to that realme.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 This is noted by writers to be a token of great wisedome in this noble king, that would not go a|bout to catch more than he might well gripe. Exam|ples of bountious liberalitie, and great clemencie he shewed manie, and the same verie notable; so that in maner he alone amongst all other kings was found to be one, subiect to none, or at the least, to verie light and small faults. But yet he was not void of euill haps: for whereas, during the terme of fortie yeares space he reigned in high felicitie, and as one happie in all his dooings: so in the rest of his time that fol|lowed, he felt a wonderfull change in fortune (whom writers compare to the moone for hir variablenesse,Prosperitie vnstable. and often alterations, as neuer at a staie, saieng,
shewing hir selfe froward to him in most part of his proceedings: for such is the state of this world, sel|dome dooth prosperitie continue, and guide the sterne of our worldlie dooings, as it well appeared by this noble prince. For in the first yeares of his reigne, af|ter he once began to gouerne of himselfe, he recoue|red that which had béene lost in Scotland, by great victories obteined against his aduersaries in that land, and passed further into the same, than euer his grandfather king Edward the first had doone before him, subduing the countrie on each hand, so that he placed gouernors, and bestowed offices, lands, and li|uings in that realme at his pleasure.Vultus fortunae variatur imagine lunae,Crescit, decrescit, in eodem sistere nescit)