Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then he turning himselfe about knéeled downe vpon his knées,Doctor Cox the dukes [...]. vnto whome doctor Cox, which was there present, to counsell and aduertise him, deliue|red a certeine scroll into his hand, wherein was con|teined a briefe confession to God. Which being read, he stood vp againe on his féet, without anie trouble of mind as it appeared, and first bad the shiriffes fare|well, then the lieutenant of the tower, & certeine o|ther that were on the scaffold, taking them all by the hands. Then he gaue the executioner monie, which doone, he put off his gowne, and knéeling downe a|gaine in the straw, vntied his shirt strings: and then the executioner comming to him, turned downe his collar round about his necke, and all other things which did let and hinder him. Then he couering his face with his owne handkerchiefe, lifting vp his eies vnto heauen, where his onelie hope remained, laid himselfe downe along, shewing no maner of trou|ble or feare; neither did his countenance change, but that before his eies were couered there began to ap|péere a red colour in the middest of his cheeks.

[...]x. Fl. out of [...] Fox in [...] and Monuments. The godlie [...] of the [...] of Sum| [...]erset.¶ Thus this most méeke and gentle duke lieng a|long and looking for the stroke, bicause his doublet couered his necke he was commanded to rise vp and put it off: & then laieng himselfe downe againe vpon the blocke, and calling thrise vpon the name of Iesus, saieng: Lord Iesu saue me, as he was the third time repeating the same, euen as the name of Iesu was in vttering, in a moment he was bereft both of head and life; and slept in the Lord Iesus, be|ing taken awaie from all the dangers and euils of this life, and resting now in the peace of God: in the preferment of whose truth and gospell he alwaies shewed himselfe an excellent instrument and mem|ber, and therefore hath receiued the reward of his la|bours. Thus gentle reader thou hast the true histo|rie of this worthie and noble duke, and if anie man report it otherwise, let it be counted as a lie.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This duke was in high sauour and estimation with king Henrie the eight, of whome he receiued sundrie high & great preferments, by reason that the the said king had married ladie Iane his sister, by whome he had issue king Edward the sixt.The duke of Summerset described. He was not onelie courteous, wise and gentle, being dailie attendant at the court; but forward and fortunate in seruice abroad, as may well appeare in his sun|drie voiages, both into France and Scotland. He was of nature verie gentle and pitifull, not blemish|ed by any thing so much, as by the death of the adme|rall his naturall brother, which could not haue beene brought to passe in that sort, without his consent. But of this good duke (to let passe multitude of words) maister Fox hath written no lesse trulie than commendablie, & no lesse commendablie than deser|uedlie, and no lesse deseruedlie than profitablie in his historie, whereto I refer the reader for further know|ledge. Neuerthelesse of this vertuous duke by waie of application I saie as somtime one said (verie apt|lie as some thinke) of the gratious ladie Who as it is supposed and proued since (saith Slei|dan) was vniustlie condemned. An Bullen,

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