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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length comming vnto the water of Spey, he behelde his enimies on the further ſide in grea|ter number, and in better furniture for armor thã hee thought had beene poſſible to haue founde in all Scotlande, he perceyued alſo that his ſtan|dardbearer began to ſhrinke,Standard bearer. and not to ſhew the like chearefull countenance, as he ought to haue done. Wherfore he pulled the Banner from him,Sir Alexander Carron. and gaue it to ſir Alexander Carron, who with this his new office obteyned ſundrie faire landes and poſſeſſions, to him and to his heyres for e|uer: but his ſurname was afterwardes chaun|ged, and called Skrimgeour, of the which is diſ|cended a noble houſe, continuing yet in great ho|nour in the ſame ſurname and office. When the king was once paſſed the water, and the armies on both ſydes readie to haue ioyned, through me|diation of Byſhoppes and other vertuous men,A peace con|cluded. the matter was taken vp, and peace made on theſe conditions, that the commons that tooke part with the rebelles,The ſubmiſ|ſion of Gentle|men. ſhould returne home out of hande, and the Gentlemen to ſubmit thẽſelues to the kings pleaſure, their liues and landes ſaued: [figure appears here on page 256] howbeit many of them were kept in perpetuall priſon during their liues, and al their goodes con|fiſcate to the kings vſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Mal|colm through exhortation of his wife, gy|ueth himſelfe to deuotion.All ciuill trouble and commotion being thus quieted, king Malcolm (ſpecially by the good ad|moniſhment & exhortation of his wife Queene Margaret, a woman of great zeale vnto the re|ligion of that time) gaue himſelfe in maner alto|gither vnto much deuotion, and workes of mer|cie, as in doing of almes deedes, by prouiding for the poore, and ſuch like godly exerciſes, ſo that in true vertue hee was thought to excell all other Princes of his time. To be briefe herein,A godly ſtrife. there ſeemed to be in maner a certaine ſtrife betwixt EEBO page image 257 him, and that vertuous Queene his wife, which of them ſhould be moſt [...] of god, ſo that man ye people by [...] of them were brought vnto better [...] and hir daughter Chriſtine alſo [...] example of theſe two holy liuers,Agatha and Chriſtine re|nounce the worlde. [...], and got them to a priuate [...], wherein they gaue thẽſelues wholy [...].

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