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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Suche as be appointed gouernours (or as I may cal them captaines,) that buye within thoſe limites,Captaynes. where their charges lie, any lãds or poſ|ſeſſions,Bying of lãds. ſhal loſe both the land poſſeſſions & mo|ney, whiche they haue payde for the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And if any of the ſayde captaines or gouer|nours mary their ſonnes or daughters vnto any maner of perſon that dwelleth within the boũds of theyr roumes, they ſhall loſe their office, ney|ther ſhall it be lawfull for any of theyr ſonnes or coperceners to occupie the ſame office.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe and the like commendable lawes,Makbethes counterfayte zeale and e|quitie. Makbeth cauſed to be put as then in vſe, gouer|ning the realme for the ſpace of tenne yeares in equall iuſtice. But this was but a counterfayte zeale of equitie ſhewed by him, partely againſt his naturall inclination to purchaſe thereby the fauour of the people.

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