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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe or the ſemblable wordes vttered by the Heraulde, were well allowed of the kyng, and ſtopped the mouthes of them that tooke the mat|ter ſo ſtraungely at the firſt.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to return to the purpoſe, King Ro|berte a little before the tyme of his death, called togither into the chamber where he lay, the chie|feſt peeres of his realme, and there in preſence of them all, committed vnto them the gouernment of his ſonne Dauid, a child as then not paſt ſe|uen yeares of age.