Compare 1587 edition: 1 His purpoſe was to make hym king, that would be ſworne to holde the crowne of Scot|lande of him, as ſuperiour lorde therof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And bycauſe he knewe that Roberte Bruce was a man of ſingular manhode and wyſedom, he thought beſt to aſſay hym firſt, and if he ſoũd him not cõfortable to his purpoſe, then he myn|ded to [...]rie what the Balli [...] would doe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When Robert Bruce had throughly hearde king Edwardes motion,The anſwere of Roberte Bruce. he aunſwered that hee wayed the libertie of his countrey, more than his pri [...] all [...]ferrement, and therefore mynded not to deliuer his countrey, (whiche euer to that day had bene free) into the bondage and ſeruitude of the Engliſhmen.