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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Biſhop by licence of the king his maſter accompliſhed the Scottiſh kings requeſt, ſo that comming into Scotland, he was receyued by him right honourably at Melroſe, where after certain talke had betwixt them for the appeaſing of thys laſt diſpleaſure,King Iames purpoſeth to be a ſurer for mariage in England. the king brake with the Biſhop for the hauing of the Ladie Margaret, eldeſt daughter to Henrie the ſeuenth, as then king of England, to be giuen him in mariage: and fur|ther declared that he was minded to ſende his O|rators vnto hir father the ſayde king Henry about the ſame matter.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And foraſmuch as he knewe that the Biſhop was one that might doe much with king Henrie, who highly fauored him for his ſingular wiſdom, and learning, he deſired him to be a meane to fur|ther his ſute, which if it were obteyned, he truſted ſhould highly redounde to the honour and wealth of both the Realmes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Biſhop conſidering herein as muche as the king was able to tell him, did not onely pro|miſe to doe all that in him lay, but alſo encoura|ged him to ſende his Orators with all ſpeede, truſting that they ſhould reteyne a right toward|ly anſwere.

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