Neuerthelesse, he was lamented aboue all his predecessors, & no lesse estéemed of those, who hauing either lost the true consideration of things, or at least ignorant how to distinguish and peise them rightlie, iudged it an office more duelie apperteining to popes to increase the iurisdiction of the sée apostolike by armes and blood of christians, than by good example of holie life and due curing and correction of corrupt maners, to trauell for the sauing of those soules, for whom they glorie so much that Iesus Christ hath na|med them his vicars in earth: and therefore it is a good consequent that he is a branch or rather a brand of the diuell, as one concludeth against him, saieng:
Impius est igitur natus cacodaemone papa,Antith. Christ. & pap [...] pag. 26, 28.Turpibus & genijs est homicida satus.]
Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same time the warres yet continuing betwéene England & France, Prior Iehan (of whom ye haue heard before in the fourth yéere of this kings reigne) great capteine of the French nauie, with his gallies and foists charged with great basilisks and o|ther artillerie, came on the borders of Sussex in the night season,Brighthelm|ston in Sus|sex burnt. at a poore village there called Bright|helmston, & burnt it, taking such goods as he found. But when the people began to gather, by firing the becons, Prior Iehan sounded his trumpet, to call his men aboord, and by that time it was daie. Then cer|teine archers that kept the watch folowed Prior Ie|han to the sea, and shot so fast, that they beat the gallie men from the shore; and wounded manie in the foist, to the which Prior Iehan was constreined to wade and was shot in the face with an arrow,Prior Iehan capteine of the French galies shot into the eie with an arrow. so that he lost one of his eies, and was like to haue died of the hurt: and therefore he offered his image of wax be|fore our ladie at Bullongne, with the English arrow in the face for a miracle.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The lord admerall offended with this proud part of the Frenchmen, in making such attempt on the English coasts,Sir Iohn Wallop in Normandie. sent sir Iohn Wallop to the sea with diuers ships, which sailing to the coasts of Nor|mandie, landed there, and burnt one and twentie vil|lages and townes, with diuerse ships in the hauen of Treaport, Staples, and other where. Men maruelled greatlie at the manfull dooings of sir Iohn Wallop, considering he had not past an eight hundred men, and tooke land there so often. In Iune sir Thomas Louell was sent ouer to Calis with six hundred men to strengthen that towne, and other the fortresses within the English pale, for doubt of anie sudden at|tempt to be made by the Frenchmen; bicause mon|sieur de Pontremie, with a mightie armie and great ordinance was come downe néere to Ard: howbeit be taried not long, but raised his campe within a while after his comming thither, and returned with|out anie more dooing. The French king perceiuing what losses he had susteined by the warres against England;The French king procu|reth the pope to be a meane for peace be|tweene king Henrie and him. and doubting least one euill lucke should still follow in the necke of an other, determined to make sute for peace; and first agr [...]eing with pope Leo, desired him to be a meane also for the procuring of some agréement betwixt him and the king of Eng|land.