Compare 1577 edition: 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.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 It fortuned that the archbishop of Canturburie wrote to the cardinall, anon after that he had recei|ued EEBO page image 848 his power legantine, the which letter after his old familiar maner he subscribed thus:The cardinall taketh it in scorne to be called brother by the archbi|shop. Your bro|ther William of Canturburie. With which subscrip|tion, bicause the archbishop wrote him brother, he was so much offended, as though the archbishop had doone him great iniurie, that he could not temper his mood, but in high displeasure said, that he would so worke within a while, that he should well vnderstand how he was his superiour, and not his brother. When the archbishop (being a sober wise man) heard of the messenger that bare the letter, how the cardinall tooke it not well, but so as it might seeme there was a great fault in the letter, and reported the tale as one that misliked the cardinals presumption herein: Peace (said the archbishop) knowest thou not how the man is become mad with too much ioy. And thus the cardinall forgetting to hold the right path of true laud and praise, sought to be feared rather than belo|ued of all good men.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this meane time the French king greatlie co|ueting to redeeme the citie of Tornaie out of the hands of the king of England, and knowing that he must make waie therevnto thorough the cardinals fréendship, ceassed not with high gifts to win his good will, and moreouer in often writing to him, ex|alted him with titles of honor,The French king writeth to cardinall Woolsie. and so magnified him, that the cardinall, as one tickled with vaine-glorie more than can be imagined, thought that he could not doo pleasure enough to the French king, that did estéeme so much of him. Herevpon the French king hoping to compasse his desire, after he perceiued the cardinals good will towards him, signified his mea|ning vnto the said cardinall; who found meanes to breake thereof to the king, in such wise as he was contented to heare the French kings ambassadors, that should be sent hither to talke of that matter.