Compare 1577 edition: 1 Which being perceiued of cardinall Wolseie, then archbishop of Yorke, he tooke him into his ser|uice, and making him his solicitor, imploied him about businesse oftentimes of most importance, wherein he acquited himselfe with such dexteritie, as answered alwaies the credit committed to him. Af|ter the cardinals fall;Thomas Cromwell in most au|thoritie vnder the king. he was aduanced to the kings seruice, behauing himselfe so aduisedlie in matters which he tooke in hand, that within a small time he rose to high authoritie, and was admitted to be of the priuie councell, bearing most rule of all other vnder the king, as partlie ye haue heard: so that by him it well appeared, that the excellencie of heroicall ver|tues, which aduance men to fame and honor, resteth not onelie in birth and bloud, as a priuilege appro|priate and alonelie annexed vnto noble houses, but remaineth at the disposition of almightie God the gi|uer & disposer of all gifts, who raiseth the poore manie times from the basest degrée, and setteth him vp with princes, according to the saieng of Ecclesiastes:
Qui iacuit tetro quandóque in carcere vinctus,Parta suis meritis regia sceptra tulit.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Neuerthelesse, concerning the lord Cromwell earle of Essex, if we shall consider his comming vp to such high degree of honor as he atteined vnto, we maie doubt whether there be cause more to maruell at his good fortune, or at his woorthie and industrious demeanor. Iohn Fox in the Acts and Monuments. But sith in the booke of Acts and Monu|ments ye maie find a sufficient discourse hereof, we néed not to spend more time about it, saue onelie as master Fox hath trulie noted, such was his actiuitie and forward ripenesse of nature, so readie and preg|nant of wit, so discreet and well aduised in iudge|ment, so eloquent of toong, so faithfull and diligent in seruice, of such an incomparable memorie, so bold of stomach and hardie, and could doo so well with his pen, that being conuersant in the sight of men, he could not long continue vnespied, nor yet vnproui|ded of fauor and helpe of friends, to set him forward in place and office.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thankefull he was and liberall, not forgetting be|nefits receiued, as by his great courtesie shewed to Friscobald the Italian it well appeared:Friscobald an Italian, sée Iohn Fox in the Acts and Monuments. a fauourer of the poore in their sutes, and readie to reléeue them that were in danger to be oppressed by their mightie aduersaries: a fauorer of the gospell, and an enimie to the pride of prelates, verie stout, and not able well to put vp iniuries, which wan him shrewd enimies that ceassed not (as was thought) to séeke his [...]uer|throw, till at length they had brought to passe that they wished. Carefull he was for his seruants, and readie to doo them good, so that fearing the thing which came to passe, he prouided well for the more part of them, notwithstanding his fall. And thus much for the lord Cromwell. The morrow after Midsummer daie, the king caused the queene to remooue to Rich|mont, supposing it to be more for hir health, and more for hir pleasure.