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Compare 1587 edition: 1 But Malcolme though he vnderſtoode that EEBO page image 255 he ſhoulde bee ſure of warres at king Williams handes,Malcolmes anſwere. for his deniall declared plainly to the he|rauld, that his maiſters requeſt was vnreaſona|ble, and therefore he minded not in any wiſe to gratifie him therein.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King William receyuing this anſwere from Malcolm,Open warre proclaymed by William Conquerour. Northumber|lande taketh out with K. Malcolme. proclaimed opẽ warre againſt Scot|land. In the meane time all Northumberlande tooke part with king Malcolme, for that he was their Earles ſiſters ſonne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherevpon king William ſent a valiaunt Captaine, a Norman borne named Roger, to inuade Northumberlande.Roger a Nor|man captaine or rather earle Robert (as I take it.) Whiche Roger ga|thering a power of men, came haſtily into that Countrey, howbeit he abode ſhort time there in honor, for by the Scots and Northumberlande men his army was diſcomfited,See in Eng|lande. and he himſelfe trayterouſly ſlaine by his owne ſouldiers.

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