Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But let it be no miracle, séeing that God dooth not now speake in oracles, as amongest the Iewes he did: and present prophesies now adaies be but ei|ther not certeine, or else not plaine: what more cer|teine can be had of Gods will in this case, than the before rehearsed dooth bring? But if God himselfe should speake, what could he speake more, than he speaketh in these?The lord pro|tector still vr|geth peace and amitie. Call you them prouidences or chances, if you be still afflicted and punished? Maie he not saie: I of mine infinite mercie and loue to your nation, had prouided a right heire and a prince to the one, and a right heire and princesse to the o|ther, to be ioined in my holie lawes, and by the lawe of nature and the world to haue made an vni|tie, concord and peace, in the which Isle of both the realmes you refused it; you loued better dissention than vnitte, discord than agréement, warre than peace, hatred than loue and charitie. If you doo then therefore smart for it, whome can you blame but your owne election?

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But because some of those, who make therevn|to impediments, cannot but confesse, that there ap|peareth Gods prouidence herein, and oportunitie and occasion giuen to vnitie of both the realmes, yet may hereafter say, and heretofore haue said, that the fault herein is, that we séeke not equalitie, nor the mariage, but a conquest: we would not be friends but the lords. Although our proclamation at the last warres dooth inough declare the contra|rie, yet here we protest and declare vnto you and all christian people, to be the kings maiesties mind our maisters, by our aduise and counsell not to con|quer, but to haue in amitie; not to win by force, but to conciliate by loue; not to spoile and kill, but to saue and kéepe; not to disseuer and diuorse, but to ioine in mariage, from high to low both the realms, to make of one Isle one realme, in loue, amitie, concord, peace and charitie, which if you refuse, and driue vs to conquer, who is guiltie of the bloudshed? Who is the occasion of the warre? Who maketh the battels, the burning of houses, and the deuasta|tion which shall follow?

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Can it be denied but that we haue the great seale of Scotland granted by the parlement of Scotland,The Scots by the consent of a parlement granted their great seale for the confirma|tion of a mari|age to be had betwéen Ma|rie the heire of Scotland, & prince Ed|ward heire of England. for the mariage which should be made, with assuran|ces and pledges, vntill the performance? And thus in the time that the late king of most famous me|morie our souereigne lord king Henrie the eight did reigne, and in the time of the same your gouer|nour, who now is the earle of Arrane, who then be|ing a chiefe dooer and laborer therin, for the high and inestimable benefit of that realme, so soone as he was by the late cardinall of saint Andrews and o|thers, with certeine vaine feares and hopes & grée|dinesse of dignitie peruerted, reuolted from his first agréement, and put all the realme to the losse of such holds and fortresses as are now taken from you, and to the losse of a foughten field, for the which we are sorie, if otherwise peace might haue bin conclu|ded, for his owne priuat lucre and retchlesnesse of that noble realme. And what end can you looke for of these manner of proceedings, but such successe as heretofore hath béene experimented & assaied? We offer loue, we offer equalitie and amitie, we ouer|come in warre, and offer peace: we win holds,What offers are made to the Scots. and offer no conquest: we get in your land, and offer England.