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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The king aſtoniſhed ſomthing at theſe newes, vowed to giue the Barronnie of Monimuſke,The kings vow. (which he vnderſtoode to be landes perteyning to the crowne) vnto the Church of Saint Andrew in Fife, if it might pleaſe God to ſend him victo|rie ouer his enimies.

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