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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Seuenthlie the king granted vnto the said Leolin, the lands that belonged N. Triuet. Dauid Leo|lins brother prouided for. [...] his brother Dauid, for [...]arme of the said Leolins life, and in recompense thereof was contented to sa [...]fie the said Dauid with other lands in some other place, the which after the de|cease of the said Leolin [...] Dauid should reuert to the king and his heires.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 For the assurance of which articles and couenants the prince deliuered for hostages ten persons of the best in Wales, which he could get without imprison|ment, disheriting, or terme of deliuera [...]e, and of e|uerie cantred twentie persons,In oth to be rec [...]i [...]ed. of the best and most sufficient, to be chosen by such as the king shall send thither yeerelie, & shall from yéere to yéere he sworne vpon the euangelists, in presence of the bailiffes of the said Leolin, that whensoeuer the prince shall breake any of these articles, and vpon admonition dooth not reforme himselfe, they shall forsake him, and in all things, being vnto him open enimies, shall beare him deadlie hostilitie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Besides this, the prince shall (as farre as in him may lie) pacifie his brethren,Leolins bre|thren. of the which he had put two in prison, Owen and Roderike [...] the third na|med Dauid, escaping his hands, fled into England, and remained many yéeres with king Edward, who receiuing him into his seruice, made him knight in this warre,Dauid rewar|ded by king Edward. and gaue vnto him a castell at Denbigh in Wales, with lands to the yéerelie value of a thou|sand marks, in recompense of those possessions which he ought to haue had in Anglesey, the which (as be|fore is said) the king granted vnto Leolin for terme of his life, and after his deceasse to reuert vnto the king and to his heires.Dauid prefer|red in mariage Moreouer, he preferred Da|uid to the marriage of a iollie widowe, that was daughter to the earle of Darbie.

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