[1] And when he came before the king to make answer to his disobedience shewed herein, he would so han|dle the matter, partlie with gentle admonishments, partlie with sharpe reproofes, and sometime mixing merrie and pleasant spéech amongst his serious ar|guments, that often times he would so qualifie the kings mood, that being driuen from anger, he could not but laugh and smile at the bishops pleasant talke [page 163] and merrie conceits, so that it might well be said of him,

Omne tulit punctum quimiscuit vtile dulci.

This maner he vsed, not onelie with the king alone, but with the father and the two sonnes, that is to say, Henrie the second, Richard and Iohn, in whose time he ruled and gouerned the sée of Lincolne. He was after his decesse, for the opinion which men con|ceiued of his holinesse and vertues, admitted into the number of the saints.