[1] Such was the end of this duke of Suffolke, a man of high nobilitie by birth,The duke of Suffolke described. and of nature to his friend gentle and courteous, more easie in déed to be led than was thought expedient, of stomach neuer|thelesse stout and hardie, hastie and soone kindled, but pacified streight againe, and sorie if in his heat ought had passed him otherwise than reason might séeme to beare, vpright and plaine in his priuat dealings, no dissembler, nor well able to beare iniuries, but yet forgiuing & forgetting the same, if the partie would séeme but to acknowlege his fault, and seeke recon|cilement. Bountifull he was and verie liberall, som|what learned himselfe,Great pitie that so manie good gifts con|curring should suffer disgrace. and a great sauourer of those that were learned, so that to manie he shewed him|selfe a verie Mecoenas: as frée from couetousnesse, as void of pride and disdainefull hautinesse of mind, more regarding plaine meaning men, than claw|backe flatterers. And this vertue he had, he could patientlie heare his faults told him, by those whome he had in credit for their wisdome and faithfull mea|ning toward him, although sometime he had the hap to reforme himselfe thereafter. Concerning his last offense for the which he died, it is to be supposed, he ra|ther tooke in hand that vnlawfull enterprise through others persuasions, than of his owne motion for any malicious ambition in himselfe.