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Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 256Agaynſt theſe rebelles was ſent by king Mal|colme,Walter the ſonne of Fleance. Walter the ſonne of Fleance (of whome there is mention made before) with a conueni|ent armie, who at his comming into Galloway, firſt gaue the people of that Countrey an ouer|throw,Makglaue. and ſlue their chiefe captaine Makglaue: Then afterwards fighting with them of the Iles, he ſubdued them in ſuch wiſe, that al things were pacified euen at commaundement. For whoſe high prowes and diligence in this peece of ſeruice ſhewed,Walter crea|ted high Ste|ward of Scot|lande. he was created by Malcolm high Steward of the realme, ſo that afterwardes both he and his poſteritie euer ſithence haue borne that ſurname, euen vnto theſe our dayes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After the quieting of this buſineſſe, there ſprang a newe tumult more daungerous than the for|mer, for the Murrey lande men procuring them of Roſſe and Cathnes,A new rebel|lion in Mur|rey lande. with diuerſe other to ioine with them in confederacie, did not onely ſlea the kings ſeruants, and thoſe that were appoynted vnder him to ſee iuſtice miniſtred, but through ſupport of one Makduncane, whom they choſe to be their captaine, they alſo waſted and deſtroyed the kings poſſeſſions, with more crueltie than e|uer had beene heard of before. Wherefore to pu|niſh theſe trayterous attempts,Makduffe. Makduffe was ſent with an armie into Mar.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But the traytors doubting leaſt they ſhould not be able to withſtande his puiſſance, thought nothing more auaylable than to ſtop him wyth money: but in the meane time came the king himſelfe in good ſeaſon vnto Monimuſke, where hee was aduertiſed, that in maner all the north partes of Scotland with the Iles, were confede|rate with the Murrey land men againſt him.

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