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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after he got knowledge, howe there were certaine Gentlemen that had conſpired to a ſlea him,conſpiracie. and therefore taking occaſion to goe a hunting where this act ſhould haue bene execu|ted, he calleth the chiefe authour of the conſpiracie apart into a certaine valley, which was cloſed on euery ſide with thick woods, and there brake the matter vnto him, in reprouing him right ſharply, for that hee had ſo trayterouſly conſpired hys death, whoſe preſeruation hee ought chieflye to haue wiſhed, conſidering the manifolde benefites he had receyued at his handes.The manly courage of K. Malcolme. And herewith lea|ping from his horſe, drew his ſword, commaun|ding the other likewiſe to draw his, that [...] ha|uing conuenient time and place thereto, they might trie the matter betwixt them, who ſhould be thought moſt worthie of life, by ope [...] force of knightly prowes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The conſpirator hearing theſe wordes, as a man altogither aſtoniſhed, fell downe vpon hys knees at the kings feete, beſeeching his grace of mercie for his wicked purpoſe and haynous of|fence, who ſeeing him thus penitent, bad him a|riſe, and ſayde, I am content hereupon to forgiue thee, ſo that thou be not of counſell hereafter in a|ny ſuch trayterous practiſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whyleſt things paſſed thus in Scotlande, great and marueylous chaunces came to paſſe within the Realme of Englande. For after the death of king Edward ſurnamed the Confeſſor,See more here of in England. Harold the ſonne of Earle Eoodwin tooke vpon him the kingdome. But William baſtard Duke of Normandie, pretending tytle to the crowne of Englande, at length inuaded the land, & [...]ea|ing Harold in fielde, made a full conqueſt of the realme, and was crowned king at London by Eldred Archbiſhop of Yorke. Here ye haue to vnderſtand, that king Edwarde in his life time had ſent for his nephew Edwarde, the ſonne of his brother Edmonde Ironſide, to come home forth of Hungarie, whither after his fathers de|ceaſſe, he and his brother Edwin had beene ſent away, as in the Hyſtorie of Englande it ap|peareth more at large.

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