Compare 1577 edition: 1 And to the intent that he might shew a proofe ther|of, he commanded that one Fog, whom he had long deadlie hated, should be brought then before him, who being brought out of the sanctuarie (for thither had he fled for feare of him) in the sight of the people, he tooke him by the hand. Which thing the common people re|ioised at, and praised, but wise men tooke it for a vani|tie. In his returne homeward, whom so euer he met, he saluted. For a mind that knoweth it selfe guiltie, is in a manner deiected to a seruile flatterie [which refuseth no dutifulnesse, tend the same to neuer so hie a degrée of indignitie; which one noteth, saieng:

—rides? maiore cachinno

Concuti [...]ur; flet, si lachrymas aspexit amici;

Frigescis? friget; si dixeris, aestuo, sudat.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 When he had begun his reigne in the moneth of Iune, after this mockish election, then was he crow|ned king in the verie same moneth. And that so|lemnitie was furnished, for the most part, with the selfe same prouision that was appointed for the coro|nation of his nephue. (*) But here to shew the man|ner of his coronation, as the same is inserted in this pamphlet of sir Thomas More, by maister Edward Hall and Richard Grafton (although not found in the same pamphlet) thus we find it by them reported. (*) First,From this marke (*) to this (*) is not found in sir Thomas More, but in ma [...]e [...] Hall and Grafton. to be sure of all enimies (as he thought) he sent for fiue thousand men of the north against his coronation, which came vp euill apparelled, and worse harnessed, in rustie harnesse, neither defensible, nor scowred to the sale, which mustered in Finsburie field to the great disdaine of the lookers on. [By which be|ginning it appéered to the world that he had his state in suspicion, otherwise he would not haue procured such a power to be attendant at his commandment, and that at such time as (all weapons laid aside) peace and tranquillitie should haue béene sought after for the comforts of the peoples minds, & the safetie of his owne person; but being verie mistrustfull & fraught with carefull thoughts, he was in a maze betwéene hope and feare, according to this verie true saieng:

EEBO page image 733Sollicitae mentes spéque metúque pauent.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The fourth daie of Iulie he came to the Tower by water with his wife, and the fift daie he created Tho|mas lord Howard duke of Norffolke, and sir Tho|mas Howard his sonne he created earle of Surrie, and William lord Berkeleie was then created erle of Nottingham, and Francis lord Louell was then made vicount Louell, and the king his chamber|leine, and the lord Stanleie was deliuered out of ward, for feare of his sonne the lord Strange, which was then in Lancashire, gathering men (as men said) and the said lord was made steward of the king his houshold: likewise the archbishop of Yorke was deliuered, but Morton bishop of Elie was commit|ted to the duke of Buckingham to kéepe in ward, which sent him to his manour of Brecknocke in Wales, from whence he escaped to king Richard his confusion.