Sentence:  ... thereupon the queen's majesty ... did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other <WSD>also</WSD> an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To the same degree or extent; so, as. (14th-15th c.)