[1] [page 356] The greater part of the Nobilitie, and ſuche as were of the ſounder iudgement, agreeed vpon Robert Stewarde,William Erle of Dowglas claymeth the crowne. but William Erle of Dow|glas being come thither with a great power, clai|med to be preferred by right of Edwarde Bally|oll and the Cumyn, which right he pretended to haue receyued of them both, and there ought to be no doubt (as he alledged) but that the crowne ap|perteined by iuſt title vnto them, as all the world knewe, and therfore ſith he had both their rightes, he mainteyned that he was true and indubitate inheritour to the crowne.