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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whileſt king Edward ordred things in Scot|lande after this manner, his brother ſurnamed by the Scottiſhe writers Heltham, came vnto EEBO page image 344 him at Perth, who in the Weſt partes of Scot|land, had exerciſed much crueltie, aſwell againſt the enimies of the Engliſhmen, as againſt thoſe that were fauourers and friends vnto them, in ſo much, that paſſing through Galloway, Caryck, Kyle,His crueltie. and Cunyngham, he put al to the fire and ſword that came in his wayes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He brenned the Churche of Saint Bute, and a thouſand perſons within it, whiche were fledde thither for ſafegard of their liues.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At his comming to Perth, he found the king his brother within the Churche there, who being ſore offended with him for his miſordred doings, right ſharply reprooued him for the ſame, and for as muche as he aunſwered him ſomewhat fro|wardly, he plucked foorth hys ſworde: and there thruſt him through the body euen before the al|ter of Saint Iohn,King Edwarde ſleyeth his brother Hol|tam. wiſhing that all ſuche might periſh on the ſame wiſe, as put no difference be|twixt friend and foe, place hallowed or vnhallo|wed, as being no reaſon, that the Church ſhould be any more refuge for him, than he had made it for other.

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