approof

trial; proof; testimony; affirmation.

A man so absolute in my approof, / That nature hath reserv'd small dignity, / That he enjoys not.

His good remembrance, sir, / Lies richer in your thoughts than on his tomb; / So in approof lives not his epitaph / As in your royal speech.

approval; commendation

O perilous mouths, / That bear in them one and the selfsame tongue, / Either of condemnation or approof,

But above all, his own works testifie of him to this day, and clearly demonstrate, that what respect the world, and what approof and commendations Authours have given him, was not affected but well deserved