The Holinshed Texts (1587, Volume 6, p. 851)

By these humors and indignations of the prin|ces of Germanie, he tooke hope that the discords and gealousies among [...] themselues might helpe on his cause, the rather for that it often happeneth in the con|tentions of men, that he that is excluded, or the par|tie whome he fauoureth, runneth with a naturall rashnesse rather to call in, and to aduance a third, than to giue place to him that hath opposed against his intention. Moreouer,The French king relieth vpon the [...]a|uour of the pope. the French king was not without his hopes in the fauour of the pope, both in regard of the amitie and aliance newlie past betwixt them; and also for that he was not ignorant how in|conuenient it would be to the sée apostolike to haue EEBO page image 851 [...] EEBO page image 852 the imperiall crowne inuested in Charls, nor so much for his owne greatnesse, as for that by the opportuni|tie and neighbourhood of the realme of Naples to the estate of the church, and the adherencie of the barons of the Gebelins, he had a plaine and open passage to run vp to the gates of Rome.

But in that discourse he considered not that the same reason, which he iudged true against Charles, was also against himselfe: for that the empire being ioined to his person, he was no lesse to be feared of the pope & all others, than Charles. For that though the one of them possessed happilie more realmes and states; yet the other was not to be lesse esteemed, ha|uing his power not dispersed nor separate in manie places, but was prince of a realme entierlie assem|bled and vnited, where the obedience and fidelitie of his subiects was no lesse woonderfull, than his trea|sure and riches infinite. Neuerthelesse, not knowing in himselfe that which he considered in an other, he had recourse to the pope, and implored his fauor vn|der the offer and protestation of his person and king|doms, with all other deuotions of a louing son. Not|withstanding all this, the French king was abused by his vaine hope, which fed him with fansies of the empire, where to he was not allotted nor elected.

Abr. Fl. ex Edw. Ha [...]l. in H. 8. fol. lxviij, &c.

Charles the fift, king of Spaine cho|sen emperour.

For on the twentie eight of Iune was elected to be emperor Charles king of Castile, and nephue to the quéene, by the whole assent of the electors of the em|pire: namelie, the archbishop of Maience, the arch|bishop of Cullen, the count Palatine, and the duke of Saxon. Although the French king sent his great maister to cause him to be elected to the high maie|stie of the empire; yet his ambassador and great mai|ster of his houshold (called Gonffier lord of Boisie, and brother to William Gonffier lord Boneuet, ad|merall of France, which was ambassador in Eng|land the last yéere, as you haue heard) did not so his message that it tooke anie effect. The king which had sent doctor Pace his secretarie for the aduancement of his nephue the king of Castile, to the dignitie im|periall, because he had the duchie of Austrich, and manie other seigniories in Almaine, was verie ioi|ous of this election, and caused a solemne masse to be soong at Paules the seuenth daie of Iulie: at which masse was present the cardinall Campeius, the car|dinall of Yorke, the duke of Buckingham, of Norf|folke, & Suffolke, with the ambassadours of Spaine, France, Uenice, and Scotland.