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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Gilcriſt mur|thereth his wyfe vpon ſu|ſpition of ad|ulterie.The ſame tyme Gilcriſt hauing his wyfe in ſuſpition of adulterie, droue hir out of doores, and afterwards ſtrangled hir in a village called Ma|nys, not paſt a myle from Dundee.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The kings in|dignation a|gainſt GilcriſtThe king (for that ſhe was his ſiſter) took ſuch indignation therewith, that he ſeized vpon al his landes and goodes, purpoſing to haue put hym to death if he myght haue got him into his han|des: but when he ſawe he coulde not be founde, hee proclaymed hym traytour,Gilcriſt pro|claimed tray+tour. and raſed hys Caſtell (wherein hee had dwelled) quite to the grounde, in ſuche wyſe that vneth remayneth any token at this day where it ſtoode.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Gilcriſt had a brother that hight Bre|dus,Bredus the brother of Gil+criſt. who before this miſchance had got the lan|des of Ogiluie: of whome the houſe of the O|giluies tooke their beginning,The houſe of the Ogiluies. that after came to greate authoritie in the Courte, though at this tyme throughe Gilcriſtes offence his whole fa|milie was neere hande deſtroyed.

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