He declared further what acts the great Turke then liuing had doone, and in especiall he noted the getting of Belgrad, and of the Rhodes, and the slai|eng of the king of Hungarie, to the great rebuke (as he said) of all the kings christened. He set foorth also what power the Turke had, what diuersities of com|panies, what armor, what capteins he had, so that he thought, that without a maruellous great number of people he could not be ouerthrowne. Wherefore he most humblie besought the king, as S. Georges EEBO page image 895 knight, and defendor of the faith, to assist the king his master in that godlie warre and vertuous purpose. To this oration the K. by the mouth of sir Thomas Moore answered,The kings answer by the mouth of sir Thomas Moore. that much he lamented the losse that happened in Hungarie, and if it were not for the wars which were betweene the two great princes, he thought that the Turke would not haue enterprised that act. Wherefore he with all his studie would take paine, first, to set an vnitie and peace throughout all christendome; and after that, both with monie and men, he wold be redie to helpe toward that glorious warre, as much as any other prince in christendome. After this doone, the ambassadours were well cheri|shed, and diuerse times resorted to the court, and had great cheare and good rewards, and so the third daie of Maie next insuing, they tooke their leaue and de|parted homeward.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 A verie wet season for a long time by continuall raine.In the winter season of this yeare fell great a|bundance of raine, and namelie in September, No|uember, and December. And on the sixtéenth of Ia|nuarie it rained so abundantlie, that great flouds thereby insuing, destroied corne fields, pastures, and drowned manie sheepe and beasts. Then was it drie till the twelfe of Aprill, and from thence it rained euerie day or night till the third of Iune, & in Maie it rained thirtie hours continuallie without ceasing, which caused great flouds, & did much harme, namelie in corne, so that the next yeare it failed within this realme, and great dearth insued.

¶This time a bill was set vp in London, much con|trarie to the honour of the cardinall, Anno. Reg. 19. Edw. Hall. in H. 8. fo. Clvj. in the which the cardinall was warned that he should not counsell the king to marrie his daughter into France: for if hée did,A caueat to the cardinall by a libell set [...]y in Lõdon. he should shew himselfe enimie to the king and the realme, with manie threatning words. This bill was deliuered to the cardinall by sir Thomas Sei|mor maior of the citie, which thanked him for the same, & made much search for the author of that bill, but he could not be found, which sore displeased the cardinall. And vpon this occasion the last daie of A|prill at night he caused a great watch to be kept at Westminster, and had there cart guns readie char|ged, & caused diuerse watches to be kept about Lon|don, in Newington, S. Iohns stréet, Westminster, saint Giles, Islington, and other places néere Lon|don: which watches were kept by gentlemen & their seruants, with housholders, and all for feare of the Londoners bicause of this bill. When the citizens knew of this, they said that they maruelled why the cardinall hated them so,The citizens of London are hated of the cardinall and he also of them for they said that if he mis|trusted them, he loued them not: and where loue is not, there is hatred: and they affirmed that they ne|uer intended anie harme toward him, and mused of this chance. For if fiue or six persons had made alarm in the citie, then had entred all these watchmen with their traine, which might haue spoiled the citie with|out cause. Wherefore they much murmured against the cardinall and his vndiscréet dooings.]