Compare 1587 edition: 1 At his comming thither, at the day aſſigned, and hauing hearde what coulde be ſayd on eache part,The title doubtfull. and throughly conſidering at length theyr allegations, he perceyued the ſame doubtfull, and required a longer time to diſcuſſe y^e troth by good aduiſe of counſel, & therfore required to haue .xij. Scottiſhmẽ, y^e beſt lerned & moſt ſkilful lawyers EEBO page image 299 of al the realme to be aſſociate with .xiv. Engliſh men, whiche he promiſed to chooſe foorthe of the moſt perfect and wy [...]e [...] cle [...]es that myght bee founde within all his dominions, to the in t [...]te that by their ripe & aduiſed debating of the mat|ter, the trouth might appeare, according to the whiche, he mynded to giue ſentence, without fa|uour eyther of one parte or other.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When all ſuche matters and proues as were proponed by the parties alleged by them for fur|therance of their titles were put in writing, as matter of recorde, he returned backe agayne in|to Englande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This report of the Scottiſhe writers ſmel|le [...] altoge|ther of malice conceyued a|gainſt him for that he ſcour|ged them ſo yeare for their [...]oths.Here the Scottiſhe writers reporte, that king Edwarde vſed himſelfe nothing vprightly in this matter, but accordingly as it often happe|neth, had the eyes of his conſcience blynded, vp|pon hope to gayne ſomewhat by this credit thus to him cõmitted. But how vniuſtly he is ſlaun|dered in this behalfe, I leaue to the indifferente readers to conſider, by conferring that whith the Scottes doe write thereof, with that which is to be founde in our Engliſhe hiſtorie. But to pro|ceede as we fynd it in the Scottiſh writers: king Edward to be ſatiſfied in knowledge of the truth, ſent into France for men lerned & of great expe|riẽce in the lawes, that he might haue their opini+ons in the demandes of y^e parties for their dout|full rightes. But (ſayth Hector Boetius) he firſt cõmaunded them in no wiſe to agree vpon any reſolute poynte, but rather to varie in opinions, that when the plea ſhould ſeme doubtfull by rea|ſon of their contrarietie in deciding thereof, he mighte the better vnder that colour, giue iudge|ment with which parte he thought moſt expedi|ent to ſerue his purpoſe.Reſpect of per+ſons in deci|ding controuerſies is not to be conſide|red.