This being one propertie in the nature of men, that those things which in their beginnings appeare fearefull, doo dailie take such degrées of diminution and vanishing, that vnles the first feares be reuiued by new accidents they lead men in processe of time to securitie. Which propertie of negligence, both tou|ching the affaires publike, and affection of priuate and particular men was well confirmed by the death that succéeded not long after to Selim, who,The death of Selim, and succession of Soliman. hauing by a long maladie suspended the preparations of the warre; was in the end consumed by the passions of his disease, and so passed into the other life, leauing so great an empire to Soliman his sonne, yoong in yeares, and iudged to beare a wit and mind not so dis|posed to the warres, although afterwards the effects declared the contrarie.

At this time appeared betweene the pope and the French king a most great and streict coniuncton: for the king gaue to wife to Laurence his nephue,Aliance be|twixt the pope & the French king. the ladie Magdalen noblie descended of the bloud and house of Bullognie, with a yearelie reuenue of ten thousand crownes, whereof part was of the kings gift, and the residue rising of hir owne patrimonie. Besides, the king hauing borne to him a sonne, the pope required that in his baptisme, he would impose vpon him his name. By which occasion Laurence making preparations to go to marrie his new wife, for his more spéed, performed his iournie by post in|to France, where he was receiued with manie ami|ties and much honour of the king, to whome he be|came verie gratious and of deare account, the rather for that (besides other generall respects) he made a de|dication of himselfe wholie to the king, with promise to follow in all accidents, his fortune.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 And now to returne to cardinall Woolsie, who grew so into excéeding pride,The excessiue pride of the cardinall. that he thought him|selfe equall with the king. For when he said masse (which he did oftener to shew his pompe, rather than for anie deuotion) he made dukes and earles to serue him of wine, with a say taken, and to hold to him the bason at the lauatorie. Thus was the pride of the car|dinall and other priests so past the compasse of rea|son, that in maner all good persons abhorred and dis|deined it [as altogither degenerating from the ex|ample of Christ & his poore traine, of whome in name and title they séemed to be professors, but of their maners and trade of life open defiers; yea in such manifest sort, both in apparell and diet, as also in all other respects, that few there were (if they perceiued anie thing by discretion) but saw the euident abuses of their behauiours, tending greatlie to the disho|nour of the place which they possessed, as also to the no small offense of the modester sort of the cleargie, wherof some did so well like of this ruffling and mas|king presbyterie, that they abhorred it as strong poi|son in their broth.]