[1] There was ſurely in this Gregorie a certaine naturall inclination to vertue,King Gregory was giuẽ who|ly vnto god|lineſſe. with ſuche adui|ſedneſſe in all his wordes, that he vttered few or none but that the ſame ſeemed to be ſpoken with right great conſideration. He was neuer maried,King Gregory was neuer maryed. but continued in chaſtitie all his lyfe time. Of meate and drinke he was verie ſpare, deliting in all kinde of ſobrietie,He was ſober. more watchefull than giuen to ſleepe. But his fame encreaſed moſte for hys mainteyning of iuſtice and ciuill adminiſtration concerning the ſtate of the common wealth, not omitting the practiſe of warre, where neceſſitie requyred.