Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length, at the Heraldes requeſt, the King EEBO page image 329 commaunded them to be ſtyll: the Harold then began againe thus:The Herauld [...] excuſe. I beſeeke youre highneſſe, (ſayd he) if I haue oughte offended, to take my words in good part: for I haue bene euer of this opinion, that the trouth ſhould in euery caſe bee vttered, receiued and allowed in your graces pre|ſence, namely where your highneſſe commaun|deth any man to declare the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Heraulds opinion.This one thing therefore, I ſhall deſyre you to conſider, that if a man muſt needes bee van|quiſhed, it is leſſe diſhonoure to bee vanquiſhed of him that is knowne for a right valiant perſo|nage, than of him that is but a coward.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer, to ſhew playnly vnto your grace, how much I eſteeme the valiancie of king Ro|bert (whom I perceiue ſome here may not abide to haue numbred with the .ij. former moſt vali|ant capitains) if the trouth mighte appeare, I durſt be bold to preferre him with good cauſe be|fore them both: for the valiaunt actes atchieued by Henry the Emperour may be aſcribed rather to the wiſedom of his counſellors, than to hys own valiantneſſe and prudencie:The opinion of the herauld concerning K. Roberts va+liancie. but contraryly King Robert being confined out of his coũtrey, and deſtitute of frendes and all conuenable ayde, recouered the realme of Scotlande, by his ſin|gular manhood out of the handes of your noble father, and eſtabliſhed it with ſuche tranquilitie that he appeared more terrible to his enimies of Englande, than euer they hadde bin afore to hys ſubiects of Scotland.