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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Alexander yet after this,A thouſande Markes ſent to the Pope. ſent vnto the Pope a thouſande Markes in ſiluer: and vnto Lewes the French King that requyred his ayde in that iourney whiche hee made into Affrike a|gaynſt the Saraſins there, a thouſande Souldi|ours vnder the leading of the Earles of Car|rike, and Atholl,Scottiſh cap|taynes ſent in|to Affrike. Iohn Stewart the brother of Alexander Stewart, Alexander Cumyn, Robert Reth, George Durwarde, Iohn Quincie and William Gordon.

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