[1] [2] And now to returne to cardinall Woolsie, who grew so into excéeding pride,The excessiue pride of the cardinall. that he thought him|selfe equall with the king. For when he said masse (which he did oftener to shew his pompe, rather than for anie deuotion) he made dukes and earles to serue him of wine, with a say taken, and to hold to him the bason at the lauatorie. Thus was the pride of the car|dinall and other priests so past the compasse of rea|son, that in maner all good persons abhorred and dis|deined it [as altogither degenerating from the ex|ample of Christ & his poore traine, of whome in name and title they séemed to be professors, but of their maners and trade of life open defiers; yea in such manifest sort, both in apparell and diet, as also in all other respects, that few there were (if they perceiued anie thing by discretion) but saw the euident abuses of their behauiours, tending greatlie to the disho|nour of the place which they possessed, as also to the no small offense of the modester sort of the cleargie, wherof some did so well like of this ruffling and mas|king presbyterie, that they abhorred it as strong poi|son in their broth.]