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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edwarde perceyuing his ſtonteneſſe of ſtomacke, brake off with him, and fell in talke with the Ballyole, who had ſuche blynde deſire to attayne the crowne, that hee paſſed not whe|ther he [...]ed the ſame in libertie or ſeruitude, ſo he might haue it.