Compare 1587 edition: 1 But king Alexander for anſwere herevnto al|ledged,The anſwer of K. Alexander to the Legates meſſage. that the Scottes minded not to receyue any ſtatutes or decrees other than ſuch as were ordeyned by the Pope, or ſome generall Coun|ſell: For by a generall rule the more precepts,The more precepts, the more offen|ders. the more offendours are alwayes found.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And as touching the requeſte made for the collection of ſo greate ſummes of money, it was not thought neceſſarie, that ſo much coyne ſhoulde goe foorth of the Realme: Neuerthe|leſſe if it were thought expedient, he woulde bee contented to ſende forth at his owne proper coſts and charges, a number of armed men to go with the Chriſtian armie agaynſte the Turkes: but for money otherwiſe forth, the Realme woulde not depart with any, leaſt it ſhoulde be waſtful|ly ſpent, or taken by the way of theeues, as it had beene afore time.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Henrie King of Englande prayſed much the wiſedome of king Alexander for this his anſwer,K. Alexanders wiſdome pray|ſed by king Henrie. as he declared ſhortly after by his ſonne Prince Edwarde (who came to viſite his ſiſter the Queene, and his brother in lawe King Alexan|der at Rokeſbourgh, where they met him) for ye muſt vnderſtand that king Henrie had alſo lear|ned (by experience) to be wiſe in that behalfe, as well as other.