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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſonnes of king Malcolm Cammore.Malcolme had by his wife Queene Margaret (otherwiſe called for hir holineſſe of life S. Mar|garet) vj. ſonnes, Edward (as is ſaid) was ſlain: Etheldred, which died in his tender age, and was buried in Dunfermling: and Edmond which re|nounced the world, & liued an holy life in Eng|land: the other three were named Edgar, Alex|ander and Dauid. There be that write how Ed|mond was taken, and put to death in priſon by his vncle Donalde Bane,Donald Bane. when he inuaded the kingdome, and vſurped the crowne, after the de|ceaſſe of his brother king Malcolme, and ſo then was Edgar next inheritour to the crowne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Donalde Bane fled into the Iles.This Donald Bane, who (as before is men|tioned) fled into the Iles to eſchue the tyrannical malice of Makbeth, after he once heard that his brother king Malcolme was dead,Donalde Bane returneth into Scotlande. His couenant for the gift of the Iles to the king of Nor|way. returned into Scotland by ſupport of the K. of Norway, vnto whom he couenanted to giue the dominion of all the Iles, if by his meanes and furtheraunce hee might obteyne the crowne of Scotland.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon landing with an armie in the Realme, he founde ſmall reſiſtance, and ſo with little a doe receyued the crowne, for many of the people abhorring the riotous maners and ſuper|fluous gurmandice brought in amongſt them by the Engliſh men,The reſpect that the people had to receyue Donald Bane for their king. were willing inough to receiue this Donalde for their king, truſting bycauſe hee had beene brought vp in the Iles with the olde cuſtomes and maners of their auncient Nation, without taſt of the Engliſh lykerous delicacies, they ſhoulde by his ſeuere order in gouernment, recouer againe the former temperancie of theyr olde progenitors.

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