The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey . h, and showed me how the king was my goodand gracious lord; and had given me six of the best horses thatI could choose amongst all my lords cart horses, with a cart tocarry my stuff, and five marks for my costs homewards; and* hath commanded me, quoth he, * to deliver you ten poundsfor your wages, being behind unpaid; and twenty pounds fora reward; who commanded to call for Master Secretary tomake a warrant for all these things. Then was it told him, thatMaster Secretary was gone to Hanworth for that night. Thencommanded he one of the messengers of the c
The life and death of Cardinal Wolsey . h, and showed me how the king was my goodand gracious lord; and had given me six of the best horses thatI could choose amongst all my lords cart horses, with a cart tocarry my stuff, and five marks for my costs homewards; and* hath commanded me, quoth he, * to deliver you ten poundsfor your wages, being behind unpaid; and twenty pounds fora reward; who commanded to call for Master Secretary tomake a warrant for all these things. Then was it told him, thatMaster Secretary was gone to Hanworth for that night. Thencommanded he one of the messengers of the chamber to rideunto him in all haste for these warrants; and willed me to meetwith him the next day at London ; and there to receiveboth my money, my stuff, and horses that the king gaveme: and so I did; of whom I received all thingsaccording, and then I returned into my coun-try. And thus ended the life of my latelord and master, the rich and tri-umphant Legate and Cardinalof England, on whose soulJesu have mercy!Amen. Finis quod G. [ 192 ] (HO list to read and consider, with an indif-ferent eye, this history, may behold the won-drous mutability of vain honours, brittle as-surance of abundance, the uncertainty of dig-nities, the flattering of feigned friends, andthe tickle trust to worldly princes. Whereofthis lord cardinal hath felt both of the sweet and the sour ineach degree; as fleeting from honours, losing of riches, deposedfrom dignities, forsaken of friends, and the inconstantness ofprinces favour; of all which things he hath had in this worldthe full felicity, as long as Fortune smiled upon him: but whenshe began to frown, how soon was he deprived of all these dream-ing joys and vain pleasures! The which in twenty years withgreat travail, study, and pains obtained, were in one year andless, with heaviness, care, and sorrow, lost and consumed. Omadness ! O foolish desire ! O fond hope ! O greedy desireof vain honours, dignities, and riches ! O what inconstant trustan
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