¶This cardinall (as you may perceiue in this storie) was of a great stomach, Ab. Fl. ex Edw. Hal. Clxxxxiiij. The descrip|tion of the cardinall. for he compted himselfe e|quall with princes, & by craftie suggestion gat into his hands innumerable treasure: he forced little on simonie, and was not pittifull, and stood affectionate in his owne opinion: in open presence he would lie and saie vntruth, and was double both in speach and meaning: he would promise much & performe little: he was vicious of his bodie, & gaue the clergie euill example: he hated sore the citie of London & feared it: it was told him that he should die in the waie to|ward London, wherefore he feared least the com|mons of the citie would arise in riotous maner and so slaie him, yet for all that he died in the waie to|ward London, carrieng more with him out of the world than he brought into it; namelie a winding shéete, besides other necessaries thought méet for a dead man, as christian comelinesse required. This ruine of the cardinall was not so much as once dreampt vpon, when I. Leland the famous antiqua|rie wrote this welwishing octastichon vnto the said Wolseie (being then in the flowre of his glorie, and the pearle of his pride) as hereafter followeth.
Sic tuus Henricus, regum qui gloria, florens,Ad. Tho. Woluesegu archiepiscopum IsurocanumPerpetuo studio te colat, ornet, amet:Sic pia coniung at proceres concordia magnos,Vt iusto belli fulmine Turca ruat: EEBO page image 923sic vastas operum tantorum deniq(ue) molesAbsoluas, summo templa dicata Deo.Sis bonus (o foelix) mihi! tutela CamaenaeDiceris merito praesidiumq(ue) meae.
The king and [...]eene kept a [...]o [...]emne Christmasse [...] GreenwichAfter the cardinall was dead, the king remooued from Hampton court to Gréenwich, where he with quéene Katharine kept a solemne Christmasse, and on the Twelfe night he sat in the hall in his estate, whereas were diuerse enterludes, rich maskes a [...] disports, and after that a great banket. Now after Christmas he came to his manour of Westminster, which before was called Yorke place: for after that the cardinall was attainted in the premunire, & was gone northward, he made a feoffement of the same place to the king and the chapiter of the cathedrall church of Yorke by their writing consserued the same feoffement, & then the king changed the name and called it the king [...] manor of Westminster, and no more Yorke place.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The whole cleargie of England [...]uer supported and mainteined the power legantine [...] the cardi|nall,The cleargie in danger of a p [...]emunire. wherefore the kings learned [...] said plain|lie that they were all in the premuni [...]e: the spirituall lords were called by processe into the kings B [...]nch to answer, but before their daie of appearance they in their conuocation concluded an humble submissi|on in writing, and offered the king a hundred thou|sand pounds to be their good lord,The offer of the cleargie to the king. & also to giue them a pardon of all offenses touching the premunire by act of parlement, the which offer with much labour was accepted, and their pardon promised. In this submission the cleargie called the king supreame head of the church of England,The king first named supreme head. which thing they ne|uer confessed before, wherevpon manie things fol|lowed after, as you shall heare.