three o'clock in the afternoon
When only thirteen years of age , he was promoted to the Bishopric of Beauveax ; and by the time he was twenty-two , he had been made Archbishop of Toulouse . It might have been supposed that so great a number of honours , bestowed on so young a man , would have bound him to the Church from which they had proceeded ; but , instead of that , the abominable system which could produce such a result struck him forcibly . Having thus seen some of the abuses of Romanism , he did not fail to discover many more ; and , at the age of twenty-eight , he had openly embraced Protestant opinions , and threw in all his support to the cause of the Lutherans . The house in Bishopsgate Street having been got ready for his reception , I , with Sir Thomas Gresham , rode down to Tower Wharf , where the Cardinal arrived at three o'clock in the afternoon . Here other persons of distinction joined us , to do honour to the illustrious stranger , and , together , we all accompanied him to Gresham House . He was a remarkably handsome , courteous man , excessively insinuating in his manners , at the same time with a firm and determined look . He was said to be a refined courtier and a consummate politician .