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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Malcolme being at the ſame time at Dun|ferm [...]ling, when he heard of the arriuall of this ſhip, and vnderſtoode what they were that were abourd in hir, he reſorted thither with an honou|rable cõpanie about him, to viſit them for honors ſake, vpon fauour he bare towards them, for that they were diſcended of that noble Prince king Edwarde, in whom afore time he had founde ſo much gentleneſſe and friendſhip.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Finally when he vnderſtood their eſtate, hee brought thẽ home with him to his palace, ſhew|ing them all the loue and friendſhip he could de|uiſes and in the end cõſidering the excellent beau|tie, wiſdome, & noble qualities of the lady Mar|garet, eldeſt ſiſter vnto the ſame Edgar,Malcolm Cam+more marieth Margaret ſi|ſter to Edgar Atheling. he re|quired of Agatha hir mother to haue hir in ma|riage, wherevnto Agatha gladly condiſcended. Shortly after with an aſſemble of all the nobles of Scotland this mariage was made & ſolemni|ſed after the Octaues of Paſch, in the yeare 1067.1067. H. B. with al ioy and triumph that might be deuiſed.

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