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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Soone after Makduffe repayring to the bor|ders of Scotlande,Makduffe wri|teth letters to his friends in Scotlande. addreſſed his letters with ſe|crete diſpatch vnto the nobles of the realme, de|claring howe Malcolme was confederate wyth him, to come haſtily into Scotlande to clayme the crowne, and therefore he requyred them, ſith he was right inheritor thereto, to aſſiſt him with their powers to recouer the ſame out of the hãds of the wrongfull vſurper.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sywarde Earle of Northum|berlandẽ.In the meane time, Malcolme purchaſed ſuch fauour at king Edwards handes, that olde Sywarde Earle of Northumberlande, was ap|poynted with ten thouſande men to go with him into Scotland, to ſupport him in this enterpriſe, for recouerie of his right.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After theſe newes were ſpred abrode in Scot|land,The nobles of Scotland de|uided. the nobles drew into two ſeuerall factions, the one taking part with Makbeth, and the other with Malcolme.

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