The Life of Cardinal Wolsey

by George Cavendish

Wantyng learnyng, and of utterance rude,

Which did never this enterprise entrude;

Trustyng either of wytt or learnyng,

But for an exercise, and non other thyng.

FINIE ET COMPILÉ LE XXIIIJ JOUR DE JUNIJ
Ᾱ REGNOR̄ PHILIPPI REX & REGINE MARIE IIIJ^TO. & V^TO.[269]
PER LE AUCTOR G. C.
Novus Rex, nova Lex: Nova sola Regina, probz pene ruina.

FINIS.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] See the Life of Wolsey, page [102], where he speaks of King Philip now our sovereign lord.