Compare 1587 edition: 1 For (as it is ſayde) on a tyme it chaunced that king Edward the thirde,His prayſe a|mongſt the enimies. ſitting at a banket amongeſt his Nobles, fell in talke with them of warlike enterpriſes, and of ſuche notable Cap|taynes, as had excelled in knowledge in y^e behalf.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length after much reaſoning to and fro,A queſtion pro+poned to an Engliſh He|ralde by king Edwarde the third. he propounded this queſtion to the king of Heralds, that as then ſtood by, cõmaunding him to declare which were the three moſt worthie and valiant captains that he had knowne in all his dayes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Herald aduiſing with himſelf of this mat|ter, ſtayed a ſpace, in which meane while all the cõpanie were quiet, longing to heare his anſwere therein, both for that they knew his ſkil was ſuch as was able beſt to giue ſentence in ſuch a mat|ter, and againe, for that many of them thought he woulde haue numbred ſome of thoſe that were there preſent, amongeſt thoſe three. But the He|rald did not onely know all the noble men within the realme of England, but alſo al ſuch ſtrangers as had in any wiſe excelled in martiall prowes, hauing all their actes and valiant doings in freſh memorie, and therevpon boldly vttered his mind as followeth: