Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon they iudged it beſt to refer the deci|ſion of all this whole mater vnto ſome mightye king, whiche was of puiſſance able to conſtrayne the parties repugnant, to obey his ſentence.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevnto was none thought ſo meete as Ed|ward king of Englãd, & therfore they choſe him, who taking the charge vpon him as compete at iudge, promiſed by a certayne daye to come vnto Barwike, willing that their counſell might be aſſembled there againſt that time.

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