Page 61. v. 1113. _He is periured himselfe, &c._] “And York [Wolsey] perceiving the obedience that Canterbury [Warham] claimed to have of York, intended to provide some such means that he would rather be superior in dignity to Canterbury than to be either obedient or equal to him. Wherefore he obtained first to be made Priest Cardinal, and _Legatus de Latere_; unto whom the Pope sent a Cardinal’s hat, with certain bulls for his authority in that behalf.” ... “Obtaining this dignity, [he] thought himself meet to encounter with Canterbury in his high jurisdiction before expressed; and that also he was as meet to bear authority among the temporal powers, as among the spiritual jurisdictions. Wherefore remembering as well the taunts and checks before sustained of Canterbury, which he intended to redress, having a respect to the advancement of worldly honour, promotion, and great benefits, [he] found the means with the king, that he was made Chancellor of England; and Canterbury thereof dismissed, who had continued in that honourable room and office, since long before the death of King Henry the Seventh.” Cavendish’s _Life of Wolsey_, pp. 90, 92. ed. 1827. It appears, however, from the contemporary testimonies of Sir Thomas More and Ammonius, that this statement was founded on false information, and that Wolsey did not employ any unfair means to supersede Warham. The latter had often requested permission to give up the chancellorship before the king would receive his resignation. When the seals were tendered to the Cardinal, either from affected modesty, or because he thought the office incompatible with his other duties, he declined the offer, and only accepted it after the king’s repeated solicitations. See Singer’s note on Cavendish, _ubi supra_, and Lingard’s _Hist. of Engl._ vi. 57. ed. 8vo. v. 1127. _he setteth neuer a deale_ _By his former othe_] i. e. he values not a bit, regards not a bit, his former oath. v. 1130. _pretens_] i. e. pretension, claim. v. 1131. _equipolens_] i. e. equality of power. v. 1137. _pore_] i. e. poor. Page 62. v. 1151. _That wyll hed vs and hange vs,_ ... _And he may fange vs_] —_fange_, i. e. catch, lay hold of. Compare Sir D. Lyndsay’s _Satyre of the Three Estaitis_, Part ii.; “Sum sayis ane king is cum amang us, That purposis _to hede and hang us_: Thare is na grace, _gif he may fang us_, But on an pin.” _Works_, ii. 81. ed. Chalmers. Page 62. v. 1163. _Naman Sirus_] i. e. Naaman the Syrian. “And _Naaman Syrus_ thu pourgedest of a leprye.” Bale’s _Promyses of God_, &c. 1538. sig. E i. v. 1167. _pocky_] So Roy in his satire against Wolsey, _Rede me, and be nott wrothe_, &c.; “He had the pockes, without fayle, Wherfore people on hym did rayle With many obprobrious mockes.” _Harl. Miscell._ ix. 32. ed. Park. This was one of the charges afterwards brought against Wolsey in parliament. Page 63. v. 1178. _ouerthwart_] i. e. cross, perverse.