Compare 1587 edition: 1 He declared vnto him by many w [...]ightie rea|ſons, that it was not only neceſſarie for him and his Realme, that he ſhould take a wife by whom he might rayſe vp ſeede to ſucceede him in the poſſeſſion of the Crowne) but alſo that he might not chooſe a more perfect ſtate of lyfe (conſidering the office wherein hee was placed) than matri|monie, beeing inſtituted not by this lawmaker or that,Matrimonie inſtituted by God. but by God himſelfe, who in no one of all his ordinaunces myght erre or bee de|ceyued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The pleaſure of mariage.Agayne for pleaſure, hee affyrmed howe no|thing coulde bee more delectable to him, than to haue a worthie Ladie to hys bedfellowe, wyth whome hee might conferre all the conceytes of his heart,The commo|dities by a wife. both of griefe and gladneſſe, ſhee be|ing a comfort vnto him as well in weale as in woe, an helpe both in ſickneſſe and health, readie to aſſwage anger, and to aduaunce myrth, alſo to refreſhe the ſpirites beeing wearyed or in any wiſe faynte through ſtudious trauayle and care of mynde.Children as ayde. Then ſhewed he what an ayde were children vnto theyr Parentes, namely vnto Kings, howe in peace they might gouerne vn|der them to the greate commoditie of the com|mon wealth, & in warre ſupplie theyr rowmthes as Lieutenants in defence of theyr Countreyes, to the no ſmall terrour of the enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherefore [...]the men are not borne onely for theyr owne weale,Men not born for thẽſelues. but alſo for he profite of their friendes, and commoditie of their Countrey, it coulde not hee choſen, but that he [...]ught to per|ſwade with himſelfe to alter his purpoſed inten|tion, concerning the obſeruance of chaſtitie, and to take a wife to the greate ioy and comfort of hys ſubiectes,Cõmendable before God and man. ſithe it was commendable bothe before GOD and manne, and ſo neceſſarye withall and profitable, as nothing myght bee more.