The most victorious and triumphant king of England, Henry, the eighth of that name, in all royal virtues prince most peerless, had of late in controversy with the right high and mighty king of Castile weighty matters, and of great importance, for the debatement and final determination whereof the King's Majesty sent me ambassador into Flanders, joined in commission with Cuthbert Tunstall, a man doubtless out of comparison, and whom the King's Majesty of late, to the great rejoicing of all men, did prefer to the office of Master of the Rolls, but of this man's praises I will say nothing;  not because I do fear that small credence shall be given to the testimony that cometh out of a friend's mouth; but because his virtue and learning be greater and of more excellency than that I am able to praise them: and also in all places so famous, and so perfectly well known, that they need not nor ought not of me to be praised, unless I would seem to shew and set forth the brightness of the sun with a candle, as the proverb saith.