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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The article concerning Owen.As concerning Owen, through the kings fauour he was deliuered out of prison, by force of the arti|cles concluded at this present by the commissioners, vnder this forme and maner: that vpon his being set at libertie, certeine persons appointed by the king should make offer to him, to choose whether he would first compound with his brother, and therevpon come to the king, and beseech him to allow the composition, or else to put himselfe vnder the safe kéeping of the king, till according to the lawes and customes of Wales, in the place where he did transgresse, iudge|ment should be giuen of the matter: and if he were acquit, then might he demand his heritage if he thought it so expedient: and which of these two waies he should choose, the same should be made firme and stable in the kings presence.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 All these articles, with other additions, were accor|ded by the said cõmissioners at Aberconweie, on the tuesdaie before the feast of S. Martine, in the yeare 1277, and letters of confirmation made thereof by the king, dated at Rutland on the tenth daie of No|uember, in the fift yéere of his reigne. Also the said Leolin, by the name of Leolin ap Griffin prince of Wales, with letters vnder his seale, confirmed the abouesaid articles on his behalfe, for the releasing of his right to the foure cantreds and other things that should remaine to the king, which letters bare date at Aberconweie, on the foresaid tuesdaie in the said yeere 1277. Also the K. released to the said Leolin, the said summe of fiftie thousand pounds, and the said summe of a thousand marks yéerelie to be paid for the Ile of Angles [...]y, as by his letters dated at Rut|land on the said 10 daie of Nouember in the said fift yéere of his reigne more at large it appéereth. Neuer|thelesse by his letters dated at Rutland, on the said e|leuenth of the said month of Nouember, it is euident that he receiued of the said Leolin the summe of two thousand marks sterling, by the hands of Thomas Beke kéeper of his wardrobe.

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