Compare 1587 edition: 1 The other three were appointed to the gouer|nance of the South countreys, that is to ſaye, Robert biſhop of Glaſgew, ſir Iohn Cumyn (& man of high eſtimation for his wyſedome and experience as well in matters concerning peace as warre) & Iames high Steward of Scotland.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 But in the meane tyme Edwarde king of Englande, ſurnamed Longſhankes, caſt in hys mynd, howe he might make ſome conqueſte of Scotlande, nowe that the ſame was thus deſti|tute of an head to gouerne it.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 How can this be true when king Edwarde had a wyfe at that tyme? but verily the foots writers ſhewe themſelues o|uercome with too much ma|lice in moſte things whyche they write in the defamatiõ of king Ed|warde.And for that he well vnderſtode yt the daugh|ter of Norway (of whom before ye haue heard) was right inheritor to be crowne of Scotland, though ſhe were but very yong in yeres, and not able for mariage: yet to cõpaſſe his purpoſe that wayes forth, he ſente his ambaſſadors vnto the Lordes of Scotlande, requiring to haue hir to wife, and the realme withall, as dewe vnto hir by good title and right of inheritance.