He died hated of all the court, suspected to most princes, and for the discourse of his life, he left behind him a renowme rather hatefull than acceptable: for he was accounted couetous, of little fidelitie, and naturallie farre off from dooing pleasures to men. And in that humor albeit during his time of pope he created one and thirtie cardinals;How manie cardinals he created du|ring his popedome. yet vpon none of them did he impose that dignitie to content himselfe but was drawne as it were by the violent law of ne|cessitie and to please others: yea he called to that dig|nitie the cardinall of Medicis, not of his proper and frée election, but at the contemplation and persuasion of others, and at that time when being oppressed with a dangerous maladie, if he had died, he had left his friends and kindred in the state of beggers and de|priued of all aid. Neuerthelesse he was in counsell verie graue, and in his actions much foreséeing; tou|ching passions and affections a conqueror of him|selfe, and for the facultie of his mind & spirit of great capacitie and power, if timorousnesse had not often|times corrupted his iudgement.
Immediatlie after his death the cardinals going the same night into the conclaue,Creation of pope Paule the third a Roman borne. elected in his place with full voice, Alexander of the familie of Farne|sa, a Roman by nation, and for his time the most an|cient cardinall of the court: in which election their voices seemed conformable to the iudgement and in|stance that Clement had made, the person elected be|ing most woorthie to be preferred before all the other EEBO page image 936 to so souereigne a degrée: for that he was both fu [...]ni|shed with doctrine and good learning, and fullie re|plenished with good apparanees and customes. And for the cardinals, they were so much [...]more for|ward to passe the election in his person, by how much for the greatnesse of his age, being alreadie vpon the thréescore and seuenth yeare, and supposed to beare a weake and vnsound complexion (which opinion he nourished with art) they hoped he would not [...]it long in the seat; whereby the dignitie of the place and pri|ma [...]e might fall to one of them, whose eies looked for the glorie which their hearts lusted, being vtterlie e|stranged from God and godlinesse, as altogither ad|dicted to the wanton desires of temporall delites, that they might passe their daies in delicacie; as one noteth trulie of all that viperous generation, Antith. Christi & papae. pag. 16. saieng:
Omnibus idem animus celsas mirarier arces,Idem animus fluxis est inhiare bonis,
De grege quid fiat nihili gens impia curans,
Spectat magnificas ambitiosa domos:
Elysios horum nullus contendit as agros,
Nil coeleste iuuat, terrea sola placent.]
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 About this season, the craftie practises of one E|lizabeth Barton,Elizabeth Barton. named the holie man of Kent, came to light and were discouered: so that she and hir adherents in Nouember folowing were brought to the Starchamber, & there before the kings coun|cell confessed their feined hypocrisie and dissembled holinesse, traitorous purposes and intents. The names of those hir adherents, which were presented with hir before the lords in the Starchamber were as followeth: Richard Master priest, parson of Al|dington in Kent: Edward Bocking doctor in diui|nitie, a moonke of Canturburie: Richard Dering, moonke also of Canturburie: Edward Twaites gentleman: Thomas Laurence register to the archdeacon of Canturburie: Henrie Gold parson of Aldermarie, bachellor of diuinitie: Hugh Rich frier obseruant: Richard Rifbie: and Thomas Gold gentleman. They were adiudged vpon their confes|sion aforesaid,Penance at Pauls crosse. to stand at Pauls crosse in the sermon time, where they with their owne hands should seue|rallie deliuer ech of them to the preacher that should be appointed, a bill, declaring their subtill, craftie, and superstitious dooings. Which thing they did the sundaie next following, standing vpon a stage at the crosse erected for that purpose. But for their trea|sons commited, the order was respited till the par|lement next following, in the which they were at|tainted, and suffered (as after ye shall heare.)