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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon when this Ballyoll had giuen hys fayth by aſſured othe vnto king Edward,The Ballyol promiſeth to do homage to king Edward. that he woulde doo homage vnto him for the realme of Scotlande, and acknowledge to holde the ſame of him as ſuperiour lorde, king Edwarde gaue ſentence with him, to haue moſte ryghte to the crowne and realme of Scotlande nowe thus in controuersſie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It is ſayde, that the Erle of Glouceſter,The ſaying of the Earle of Glouceſter (as the ſcots write but not lyke to be true.) K. Edwarde was no man ſo do be delt with. a mã of great prudence and authoritie in Englande, (ſeyng the Ballyol thus made king, and Robert Bruce without reaſon put backe) ſpake in thys ſort to king Edward: Oh king, remembre what is done by thee this day, ſparing to giue righte|ous ſentence in this matter, for though the ſame bee nowe couered and hidde, it ſhall be reuealed, when the great iudge that ſearcheth conſciences and the ſecretes of euery mans mynd, ſhal cauſe thee to anſwere for it at the dreadfull day of that vniuerſall iudgement: thou haſte nowe giuen ſentence on a king, but then ſhall iudgemente be giuen on thee.

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