iSo PahUen in the Reign of Uenry VllL 



diflance of time in which he lived, by die 

 prefent fcarcity of his works, and by his 

 connedlions with More and Erafmus, I muft 

 clofe with all I can difcover more relating 

 to him \ that he formed but one fcholar, 

 Chriftopher Amberger of Aufburg ; and that 

 in a roll \ of new-year's gifts in the 30th 

 year of the reign of Henry VIII. figned by 

 the king's own hand, in which are regiftered 

 ptefents to the prince, to the ladies Mary 

 and Elizabeth, to the lady Margaret Dou- 

 glas, to the nobility, bifhops, ladies and gen- 

 try, moil of the gifts being of plate, men- 

 tion is made of a prefent to Hans Holbein 

 of a gilt creufe and cover, weighing ten 

 ounces two penny weights, made by (Lucas) 

 Cornelii, 



D\ to Lucas (Penne) a gilt creufe and 

 cover, fame weight. 



On the other fide of the roll prefents to 

 the king ; 



Holbein gave a pidure of the prince's 

 grace. 



Lucas a fcreen to fet before the fire. 



\ It was in the pofiefilon of Mr. Holmes keeper of 

 the records in the tower, and was exhibited to the An^ 

 tiquarian fociety in 1736. 



1 2 Richard 



