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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The anſwere of king Ed|warde to the Scottiſh am|baſſadours.King Edward aunſwered theſe ambaſſadors thus: Sith we perceiue your king will not come vnto vs, we intend ſhortly to come vnto him. Herewith alſo he depriued him according to the maner, (ſo farrefoorth as mighte bee done in hys abſence) of all his kingly authoritie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And the better to accompliſh his purpoſed in|tention againſt the Scots, he founde meanes to conclude a peace with the king of Fraunce, and for the more confirmation of the ſame peace, the Frenche kings daughter was giuen in mariage to king Edward his ſon, neuertheleſſe (as ſayth the Scottiſh Chronicle) he purpoſed (when hee had wrought his will once againſt the Scottes) to inuade France as fiercely as before, notwith|ſtanding any bonde of amitie, or maryage by him contracted.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this, he procured ye frendſhip of Robert Bruce, and vpon promiſe (as it is to be thought) to make him king, the ſame Robert deliuered in|to king Edwarde his handes all ſuche caſtels as he helde in Scotlande.

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