Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The duke was atteinted by parlement, and the atteindor after reuersed in the first yeare of quéene Marie. The euill hap as well of the father,The duke atteinted. as of the sonne, was greatlie lamented of manie, not onelie for the good seruice which the duke had doone in his daies in defense of this realme, but also for that the earle was a gentleman well learned, and knowne to haue an excellent wit, if he had béene thankefull to God for the same, and other such good gifts as he had indued him withall. The king now lieng at the point of death, made his last will and testament,The king ma [...]keth his te|stament. wherein he not onelie yéelded himselfe to almightie God; but also tooke order, that during the minoritie of his sonne prince Edward, his executors should be councellors and aiders to him in all things, as well concerning priuate as publike affaires. They were sixtéene in number, whose names were as hereafter followeth.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Thomas Cranmer archbishop of Canturburie,His execut [...]. Thomas Wriothesleie lord chancellor, sir William EEBO page image 977 Paulet knight of the order, lord Saint-Iohn, & great master of the houshold: sir Edward Seimer knight of the order, earle of Hertford, and high chamber|leine of England: sir Iohn Russell knight of the or|der, lord priuie seale: sir Iohn Dudleie knight of the order, vicount Lisle, & baron of Maupas, high adme|rall of England: Cutbert Tunstall bishop of Dur|ham: sir Anthonie Browne knight of the order, and master of the horsse: sir Edmund Montacute knight chiefe iustice of the cõmon plees: sir Thomas Brom|leie knight, one of the iustices of the kings bench: sir Edward North knight, chancellor of the augmenta|tion: sir William Paget knight of the order: sir Anthonie Dennie knight: sir William Herbert knight: sir Edward Wotton knight, treasuror of Calis: Nicholas Wotton deane of Canturburie and Yorke.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 So soone as the noble king had finished his last will and testament, as afore is said, he shortlie there|vpon yeelded vp his spirit to almightie God,The decease of King Henrie the eight. depar|ting this world the eight and twentith daie of Ianu|arie, in the eight and thirtith yeare of his reigne, and in the yeare of our Lord 1546, after the accompt of the church of England; but after the accompt which we follow in this booke 1547, beginning our yeare the first of Ianuarie. He reigned thirtie and seuen yeares, nine moneths and od daies. His bodie (accor|ding to his will in that behalfe) was conueied to Windsor with all funerall pompe, and in the college there interred. Of this tresnoble and trespuissant monarch, I find these few verses, which maie serue in good stead of an epitaph or funerall inscription:
Henricus octa| [...] post 38. [...].Henricus princeps propè lustra peregerat octo,Et populum magna prudens cum laude regebat,Ex quo magna solitractauit sceptra Britanni:Cùm Deus omnipotens, morbo obrepente, moneretHinc emigrandum de vita. Proh doloringens!Quo [...] pia pleb [...]lachrymis quàm tristibus ora rigauit?Quàm grauiterregni proceres planxere cubantem?Anglia tota iacet moerens, lugubris & amens,Nil opis apportant medici, nil profuit herba [...]Quae solet humanis membris adferre salutem,Pharmaca nil prosunt, praebetur potio frustra [...]Heu nulla tristis mors est medicabilis arte.