Wherefore he went foorthwith to the king,The bishops owne booke disaduantag [...] able to him|selfe. deliue|red the booke into his hands, and bréefelie informed the king of the contents thereof; putting further into the kings head, that if at anie time he were desti|tute of a masse of monie, he should not need to séeke further therefore than to the cofers of the bishop, who by the tenor of his owne booke had accompted his proper riches and substance to the value of a hundred EEBO page image 797 thousand pounds. Of all which when the bishop had intelligence (what he had doon, how the cardinall vsed him, what the king said, and what the world reported of him) he was striken with such gréefe of the same, that he shortlie through extreame sorrow ended his life at London,The bishop [...] of a [...] and [...]. in the yeare of Christ 1523. After whose death the cardinall, which had long before ga|ped after the said bishoprike, in singular hope to at|teine therevnto, had now his wish in effect: which he the more easilie compassed, for that he had his nets alwaies readie cast, as assuring himselfe to take a trout: following therein a prophane mans cautelous counsell, and putting the same in practise; who saith:

Casus vbi valet, semper tibi pendeat hamus,

[...] Quo minimè credis gurgite piscis erit.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The sicknesse which held the king dailie more and more increasing,150 [...] [...]. 24. he well perceiued that his end drew néere, and therefore meaning to doo some high plea|sure to his people, granted of his frée motion a gene|rall pardon to all men, for all offenses doone & com|mitted against anie his lawes or statutes; théeues, murtherers, & certeine other were excepted. He pai|ed also the fées of all prisoners in the gaoles in and a|bout London, abiding there onelie for that dutie. He paied also the debts of all such persons as laie in the counters or Ludgate for fourtie shillings, & vn|der; and some he reléeued that were condemned in ten pounds. Hervpon were processions generallie v|sed euerie daie in euerie citie and parish, to praie to almightie God for his restoring to health and long continuance of the same. Neuerthelesse, he was so [...] with his long maladie,The death of King Henrie the seuenth. that nature could no [...] his life, and so he departed out of this [...] two and twentith of Aprill, in his palace of [...], in the yéere of our Lord 1509. His corpse [...] conueied with all funerall pompe to West| [...]t [...]r, and there buried by the good queene his wife [...] sumptuous chapell, which he not long before had [...] to be builded.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 H [...] reigned thrée and twentie yeares, and more than seuen moneths, and liued two and fiftie yeares. He had by his quéene Elizabeth foure sonnes, [...]hat children he had. and foure daughters, of the which thrée remained aliue be|hind him. Henrie his second son prince of Wales, which after him was king, Margaret quéene of Scots,The descrip|tion of king Henrie the seuenth. and the ladie Marie promised to Charles king of Castile. He was a man of bodie but leane and spare, albeit mightie and strong therewith, of perso|nage and stature somewhat higher than the meane sort of men, of a woonderfull beautie and faire com|plexion, of countenance merie and smiling, especial|lie in his communication, his eies graie, his téeth single, and haire thin, of wit in all things quicke and prompt, of a princelie stomach and hautie courage. In great perils, doubtfull affaires, and matters of im|portance, supernaturall and in maner diuine; for he ordered all his dooings aduisedlie and with great de|liberation.