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Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edwarde [...]meth to Barwike.When he was come thus vnto Barwik, and the foreſayd .xxiiij. learned lawyers aſſembled, as aſſiſtantes with him, and the parties appearing before him in a chamber prouided for ye purpoſe, he cauſed the doores to bee ſurely kepte,The purpoſe of king Ed|warde, as the Scots doe vn|terly reporte. and the entries ſtrongly warded, that no man myghte come in or out, but by his appointment & licẽce.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His purpoſe was to make hym king, that would be ſworne to holde the crowne of Scot|lande of him, as ſuperiour lorde therof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And bycauſe he knewe that Roberte Bruce was a man of ſingular manhode and wyſedom, he thought beſt to aſſay hym firſt, and if he ſoũd him not cõfortable to his purpoſe, then he myn|ded to [...]rie what the Balli [...] would doe.

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