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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The mariage betwixt the king and the ladie Anne of Cleue adiud|ged vnlawful.The sixt of Iulie, certeine lords came downe in|to the nether house, & expresselie declared causes, for the which the kings marriage was not to be taken lawfull: & in conclusion, the matter was by the con|nocation cléerelie determined, that the king might lawfullie marrie where he would, and so might she. And thus were they cléerelie diuorsed, and by the par|lement it was enacted, that she should be taken no more for queene, but called the ladie Anne of Cleue In this yeare, the lord Leonard Greie,The lord L [...]onard Gr [...] committed the Tower. The prince [...] Salerne. brother vnto Thomas marquesse Dorset, being the kings lieute|nant in Ireland, was reuoked home, and vpon his comming to London was sent to the Tower. In Iulie the prince of Salerne, and the lord Lois Da|uola came into England to sée the king, & after they were departed, don Frederike, marquesse of Padu|la, brother to the duke of Ferrara, the prince of Ma|cedonie, the marquesse of Terra Noua, & monsieur de Flagie, with other, came from the emperors court into England to sée the king, the which on Marie Magdalens daie came to the court at Westmin|ster, and after they had béene highlie feasted, and no|blie interteined, they were richlie rewarded as the other, and so departed.

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