Compare 1587 edition: 1 The biſhops of the realme,The kyng is excommu|nicated. namely thoſe two reuerend fathers, Colman & Fynnan, perceyuing ſuch wickednes in the prince, blamed him ſharp|ly ſundry times for the ſame: & at length bicauſe they ſaw howe he regarded not their admoniſh|ments, he was by them excõmunicate: whereof he ſo little paſſed,The king is hunting. that when other wente vnto the church to heare diuine ſeruice, he woulde get him to the woodes & forreſts to hunt the harte, or ſome other game. Neither were ſuche wanting as were willing to keepe him companie:He was a glut|ton. ſo redy is the nature of man at all tymes to follow licẽ|tious libertie. He vſed alſo, contrary to the cu|ſtome of his countrey, to eate .iij. meales a day, hauing ſuch number of diſhes and abundance of delicate fare, as the like had not bene vſed at any tyme before thoſe dayes in that realme: and all to ſerue his greedy appetit, together with theyrs that followed his companie.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 Of wines and other ſtrong drinkes he would participate abundantly at all times and places without regard of health or honor,A drunckard he was alſo. being excee|dingly giuen vnto moſte beaſtly drunkenneſſe. He cuſtomaryly vſed to ſit at ſupper till it were EEBO page image 148 very late in the night, hauing his banketting di|ſhes and cuppes to come in one after an other, till he were ſo miſtempered, that being layde to ſleepe he would ſtreyght vomite out ſuch heauy gorges as he had in ſuche moſt gluttenous wiſe receiued. Herevnto he was ſo drouned in the fil|thie luſt of the fleſhe, that hee defiled his owne doughters: and for that his wife was aboute to diſwade him from ſuch vilanie, he ſlew hyr with his owne handes.