So some of the cheefe of the company, perceiveing the mariners to faare the suffisiencie of the shipe, as appeared by their mutterings, they entred into serious consulltation with the mr and other officers of the ship, to consider in time of the danger; and rather to returne then to cast them selves into a desperate and inevitable perill.

how would the meaning of the excerpt change if the word consulltation was replaced with the word meeting?

it would change the tone of the excerpt.
it would change the conduct of the assembly.
it would change the effect of the interaction.
it would change the way the captain handled confrontation.