THis Maurice was a man of much no|bilitie and worship, but somewhat shame fast and yet verie well coloured, and of a good countenance, of stature he was indifferent, being seemelie and well compact at all points, in bo|die and mind he was of a like composition, being not too great in the one, nor proud in the other; of na|ture he was verie courteous and gentle, and desired rather so to be in déed, than to be thought or reputed so to be: he kept such a measure and a moderation in all his dooings, that in his daies he was a patterne of all sobrietie and good behauiour; a man of few words, and his sentences more full of wit and reason than of words and spéeches; he had more stomach than talke, more reason than spéech, and more wise|dome than eloquence. And when so euer anie matter was to be debated, as he would take good leasure, and be aduised before he would speake: so when he spake he did it verie wiselie and prudentlie. In mar|tiall affaires also he was verie bold, stout, and vali|ant, and yet not hastie to run headlong in anie ad|uenture. And as he would be well aduised before he gaue the attempt and aduenture, so when the same was once taken in hand, he would stoutlie pursue and follow the same. He was sober, modest, and chast, constant, trustie, and faithfull: a man not al|together without fault, and yet not spotted with anie notorious crime and fault.