Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But to procéed. As soone as the feasting & solem|nitie of the said marriage was ended, the king and quéene departed from Winchester, and by easie iour|nies came to Windsore castell,King Philip stalled at Windsor. where the fift of Au|gust being sundaie, he was stalled according to the order of the garter, and there kept S. Georges feast himselfe in his roiall estate, and the earle of Sussex was also the same time stalled in the order. Iohn Fox. At which time an herald tooke downe the armes of England at Windsore, and in the place of them would haue set the armes of Spaine, but he was commanded to set them vp againe by certeine lords.A generall hunting. The seuenth of August was made a generall hunting with a toile raised of foure or fiue miles in length, so that manie a déere that day was brought to the quarrie. The eleuenth of August they remooued to Richmond, and from thence the 27 of the same moneth they came by water to London, landing at the bishop of Winche|sters house, through which they passed both to South|worke parke, and so to Suffolke place,The king and quéene come through Lon|don to West|minster. where they lodged that night: and the next daie being saturdaie and the nineteenth of August, they being accompa|nied with a great number of nobles and gentlemen, rode from thence ouer the bridge, and passed through London vnto Westminster.

¶Now as the king came to London bridge, Abr. Fl. ex Ioh. Foxi martyrologi [...]. Uaine page|ants of Lon|don. & as he entred at the drawbridge, was a vaine great specta|cle set vp, two images representing two giants, one named Corineus, and the other Gogmagog holding betweene them certeine Latine verses, which for the vaine ostentation of flatterie I ouerpasse. And as they passed ouer the bridge, there was a number of EEBO page image 1121 ordinance shot at the tower, such as by old mens re|port the like hath not béene heard or séene these hun|dred yéeres. From London bridge they passed to the conduit in Gratious stréet, which was finelie painted, and among other things, the nine worthies, whereof king Henrie the eight was one. He was painted in harnesse hauing in one hand a sword,Winchester cannot abide the booke cal|led Verbum Dei. and in the other hand a booke, wherevpon was written Verbum Dei, deliuering the same booke (as it were) to his sonne king Edward, who was painted in a cor|ner by him. But herevpon was no small matter made, for the bishop of Winchester lord chancellor, sent for the painter, and not onelie called him knaue for painting a booke in king Henries hand, and spe|ciallie for writing therevpon Verbum Dei: The painter sent for to the bishop of Win|chester. but also ranke traitor & villen, saieng to him that he should rather haue put the booke into the quéenes hand (who was also painted there) for that she had reformed the church and religion, with other things according to the pure and sincere word of God indéed. The painter answered and said,The painters answer. that if he had knowne that that had beene the matter wherefore his lordship sent for him, he could haue remedied it, and not haue trou|bled his lordship.

The bishop answered and said, that it was the quéenes maiesties will and commandement, that he should send for him; and so commanding him to wipe out the booke and Verbum Dei too: he sent him home. So the painter departed, but fearing least he should leaue some part either of the booke, or of Verbum Dei, in king Henries hand: he wiped awaie a péece of his fingers withall. Here I passe ouer and cut off other gauds and pageants of pastime shewed vnto him in passing through London, with the flattering verses set vp in Latine, wherin were blazed out in one place the fiue Philips,Fiue Philips as the fiue worthies of the world, Philip of Macedonia, Philip the emperor, Philippus Audax, Philippus Bonus, Philip prince of Spaine and king of England. In another poetrie king Phi|lip was resembled by an image representing Orphe|us, and all English people resembled to brute and sauage beasts following after Orpheus harpe, and dansing after king Philips pipe. Not that I repre|hend the art of the Latine verses, which was fine and cunning; but that I passe ouer the matter, ha|uing other grauer things in hand, and therefore passe ouer also the sight at Paules church side, of him that came downe vpon a rope tied to the batlements with his head before, neither staieng himselfe with hand or foot: which shortlie after cost him his life.