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Compare 1587 edition: 1 They that kept the houſe, without any reſi|ſtance opened the gates,Macbethes crueltie vſed againſt Mak|duffes family. and ſuffred him to en|ter, miſtruſting none euill. But neuertheleſſe Makbeth moſt cruelly cauſed the wife and chil|dren of Makduffe, with all other whom he found in that caſtell, to be ſlaine.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo he confiſcate the goodes of Makduffe, EEBO page image 250 proclaymed him traytor, and confined him out of al the partes of his realme,Makduffe eſ|capeth into Englande vnto Malcolme Cammore. but Makduffe was alreadie eſcaped out of daunger and gotten into England vnto Malcolme Cãmore, to trie what purchas he might make by meanes of his ſupport to reuẽge the ſlaughter ſo cruelly executed on his wife, his children, and other friends.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Makduffes wordes vnto Malcolme.At his comming vnto Malcolme, he declared into what great miſerie the eſtate of Scotlande was brought, by the deteſtable cruelties exercy|ſed by the tyranne Makbeth, hauing committed many horrible ſlaughters and murthers, both as well of the nobles as commons, for the which he was hated right mortally of all his liege peo|ple, deſiring nothing more than to be deliuered of that intollerable and moſte heauie yoke of thral|dome, whiche they ſuſteyned at ſuche a caytifes handes.

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