[1] His praise.This king, besides other his gifts of nature, was aided greatlie by his seemelie personage. He had a prouident wit, sharpe to conceiue and vnderstand: he was courteous and gentle, dooing all things sage|lie and with good consideration, a man of great tem|perance and sobrietie. Those he chiefelie fauoured and aduanced to honour, and roomes of high dignitie, which excelled in honest conuersation, modestie, and innocencie of life, of bodie well made, of a conueni|ent stature, as neither of the highest nor lowest sort: of face faire and manlike, eies bright and shining,His pro [...]|tion of [...] and in age bald, but so as it was rather a séemelinesse to those his ancient yeares than any disfiguring fo his visage; in knowledge of martiall affaires verie skilfull, as the enterprises and worthie acts by him at|chiued doo sufficientlie witnesse.