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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 1143 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 146)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this wretched end of Ferquhard whiche happened in the yeere of our Lord .632. the Lords of the land aſſembled togither in Argile,632. about ye chooſing of a new King, where by common cõ|ſent, Donward the third ſonne of Eugenius, be|yng called thither with Byſhop Connan out of the yle of Man, was inueſted King with greate ioy and triumph.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Donald

Donewald king of Scot|land.

[figure appears here on page 146] THis Donalde ha|uyng taken vp|pon hym the royall ad|miniſtration, tranſ|fourming himſelfe in|to hys fathers man|ners, reſtored agayne into the former eſtate ſuche things as apper|tayned vnto Common wealth, and had bin in any wiſe decayed & miſgouerned by the ſlouth|full negligence of his predeceſſor Ferquhard, by meanes whereof he quickly grew into great fa|uour of his ſubiectes.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time Cadwallo King of the Brytons, and Penda king of thoſe Engliſhmen which inhabited that part of England auncient|ly called Mertia,King Edwyn is ſlayne. ioyning their powers togither againſt Edwine king of Northumberland, de|priued him both of life and kingdome.

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