Compare 1587 edition: 1 But to the order of the Hyſtorie: It is re|corded by writers, that theſe (which at this time came out of Englande vnto Edgar) brought great quantitie of golde and ſiluer with them: alſo many relikes of Saints, and amongſt other that blacke croſſe which king Dauid gaue vnto the Abbey of holy Rood houſe in Louthiã,The blacke croſſe. which he founded at his owne charge.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after the proſcriptiõ of theſe Engliſh men, William the Conquerour ſent an heralde at Armes vnto king Malcolme,William Con|queror threat|neth king Malcolme. demaunding to haue Edgar deliuered into his hands, and threat|ning that if he refuſed to deliuer him, he woulde ſurely fetch him, and that finally for Malcolmes commoditie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But Malcolme though he vnderſtoode that EEBO page image 255 he ſhoulde bee ſure of warres at king Williams handes,Malcolmes anſwere. for his deniall declared plainly to the he|rauld, that his maiſters requeſt was vnreaſona|ble, and therefore he minded not in any wiſe to gratifie him therein.