[1065] Sanders, p. 57; Lingard, vol. vi. chap. iii. Compare Foxe, vol. viii, p. 8.
[1066] Teque nobilis illius margaritæ desiderio teneri. Erasm. Epp. p. 1754.
[1067] Du Bellay to Montmorency, 22nd October. Le Grand, Preuves. p. 377.
[1068] Range, Deutsche Geschichte, iii. p. 140.
[1069] Du Bellay to Montmorency. Le Grand, Preuves, p. 371.
[1070] In quadam theca de veluto crimisino. Rymer, Act. p. 138.
[1071] Baldekinum, pannus omnium ditissimus cujus utpote stamen ex filo auri, subtegmen ex serico texitur, plumario opere intertextus. (Ducange's Glossary.) Baudskin, the richest of all kinds of cloth, inasmuch as its warp is of gold thread, the woof of silk, and the whole interwoven with rich embroidery.
[1072] Cavendish, Wolsey, p. 251.
[1073] The poor fool took on, and fired so in such a rage. Cavendish, p. 237.
[1074] It has been often asserted that Sir Thomas More was the first layman to whom the office of chancellor was intrusted; but there were no less than six between A.D. 1342 and 1410; viz. Sir Robert Boucher, knight; Sir Robert de Thorp, knight; Sir R. de la Serope, knight; Sir M. de la Pole; R. Neville, earl of Salisbury; and Sir T. Beaufort, knight.