And where all nations of gentiles by reason & law of nature preferre their countrie before their pa|rents, so that for their countrie they will die against their parents being traitors:Cardinall Poole no chri|stian, but worse than a pagan. this pestilent man worse than a pagan, is not ashamed to destroie if he could his natiue countrie. And whereas Curtius a heathen man was content for sauing of the citie of Rome where he was borne, to leape into a gaping of the earth, which by the illusions of the diuell it was answered should not be shut, but that it must first haue one; this pernicious man is content to run headlong into hell: so that he maie destroie thereby his natiue countrie of England, being in that be|halfe incomparablie worse than anie pagan. And EEBO page image 1165 besides his pestilent treason,Cardinall Pooles vn|kindnesse to king Henrie that brought him vp. his vnkindnesse against the kings maiestie, who brought him vp of a child, and promoted both him, and restored his bloud being attainted, to be of the péeres of this realme, and gaue him monie yéerelie out of his coffers, to find him honorablie at studie, maketh his treason much more detestable to all the world,Sée more thereof before pag. 1134. and him to be repu|ted more wild and cruell than anie tiger.

Thus much out of Cutbert Tunstals sermon printed Cum priuilegio aed imprimendum solum, by Tho|mas Berthelet, the yeare aboue named. Now it resteth to conclude this discourse concerning cardi|nall Poole with a briefe epitome of his last will and testament, which he made not long before he let his life,A traitor he liued, a trai|tor he died. wherein he professeth him selfe resolute to die in the same faith and obedience of the Romish church wherein he liued; willing & ordeining his bodie to be buried in his cathedrall church of Canturburie (as he termeth it) in the same chappell where the head of the most blessed martyr Thomas Becket, whilome archbishop of the said church was kept: with masses & dirges, &c: to be said for his soule, the soules of his parents, and of all the faithfull departed out of this life, &c.

As for patrimoniall goods, sith he had none wher|by he ought to haue had regard of his kindred;The distri|bution of his goods. there|fore such goods as he had he willed to be distributed among such persons as had well deserued of him, and vpon godlie vses. He made one Aloisius Priolus a Uenetian his heire and executor of all his goods and chattels, as well within England as without, in Spaine, Italie, Rome, Uenice, or elsewhere, &c. And for dilapidations,Touching di|lapidations. there is no reason (saith he) whie my successor in the sée of Canturburie shuld demand anie thing, because I haue bestowed more than a thousand pounds within these few yéeres, in repa|ring & making better such houses as belonged to the said sée, since I came to it (which was no long time by our computation.) The ouerséers and defend|ers of this his last will he made Nicholas archbi|shop of Yorke chancellor of England, Thomas bi|shop of Elie, his cousine the lord Edward Hastings the kings chamberleine, sir Iohn Boxall the queenes secretarie, sir Edward Cordall master of the rolles, and master Henrie Cole his vicar generall in his spiritualties. All these he besought to giue quéene Marie knowledge of this his last will,He is desi|rous that quéene Marie should haue knowledge of this his last will. and with all reuerence to beséech hir, that what good will and fauor she shewed him in all causes and affaires whiles he was aliue; the same she would vouchsafe to exhibit and bestow vpon him being dead, and gratiouslie prouide that all lets and impediments to the executi|on of this his last will & testament might be remoo|ued and vtterlie taken awaie: and to euerie one of his ouerséers for their paines taking herein, he gaue fiftie pounds a peece by will. This testament was subscribed with his owne hand, and signed with his owne seale, in presence of a number of witnes|ses there vndernamed. All which, with the tenor of his said last will at large, are remembred by Schar|dius in epitome rerum gestarum sub Ferdinando imperatore. And thus much of cardinall Poole.