The cardinall answered, that the king knew his wit, learning, and discretion by long experience in his seruice: wherefore he thought that the commons had chosen him as the most meetest of all; and so he did admit him. Then sir Thomas Moore gaue to the king his most humble thanks, and desired of him two petitions: the one, if he should be sent from the commons to the king on message and mistake their intent, that he might with the kings pleasure re|sort againe vnto the commons for the knowledge of their true meaning. The other was, if in communi|cation and reasoning, any man in the common house should speake more largelie than of dutie he ought to doo, that all such offenses should be pardoned, and that to be entered of record. Which two petitions were granted; and so thus began the parlement and con|tinued as you shall heare.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This yeare was the citie and the whole Ile of the Rhodes conquered by the Turke, and all the christi|ans displaced: whereof Guicciardin hath discour|sed as followeth. Abr. Fl. ex Guic. pag i. [...] Rhodes tak [...] by Soliman Ottoman. ¶ The end of this yeare (saith he) was made no lesse wretched and vnhappie, than slan|derous to all christian princes for the losse of the Ile of Rhodes: which Soliman Ottoman tooke by vio|lence, notwithstanding it was defended by the knights of Rhodes, called in other times more anci|ent the knights of saint Iohn of Ierusalem. And abiding in that place since they were chased out of Ierusalem, notwithstanding they laie betweene two so mightie princes as the Turke & the Soloan; yet their valour had preserued it of long time, and to the right woorthie glorie of the [...] [...]der, they had remai|ned as an assured rampie [...] christian religion in those seas: & yet they were not without their impu|tations & notes of infamie, for that hauing a continu|all custome for the better defending of [...] shoares, to spoile the vessels of the infidels, the [...] [...]ere thought sometimes to make pillage of christia [...] ships.

The Turke sent into the Iland a woonderfull great armie, which remaining there manie moneths with no lesse horrour to good men for their cruelties, than terrour to all men for their huge numbers, at last he came thither in person. And drawing to his de|sire of conquest and glorie, the respect of profit and riches which the victorie would yéeld, he lost not one minute of time to vex them.The Turke [...] great indu|strie equiua|lent to his valour. Wherein his industrie was nothing inferiour to his valour, for sometimes he cast monstrous mines and trenches, sometimes he raised platformes of earth and wood, whose height ouertopped the wals of the towne, and sometimes he afflicted them with most furious and bloudie assaults insomuch that as these works and engines were not performed without a woonderfull butcherie & slaugh|ter of his souldiors; so also the defense of them was so dangerous to the liues of them within, that manie numbers were diminished, manie bodies maimed and made vnseruiceable, & the residue sore terrified by the calamitie of their companions and fréends, to whome they could giue no other propertie of com|passion, than to mourne with them in their common miserie.