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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Donalde Bane is reſtored to the crowne.After he was thus diſpatched, his vncle Do|nald was reſtored againe to the kingdome, chief|ly by ſupporte of the forenamed Makpender, after his nephewe the foreſayde Duncane had raigned one yeare and an halfe, where Donalde himſelfe had raigned before he was expulſed by his ſayde nephewe, the ſpace of ſixe Monethes, and nowe after he had recouered the Kingdome, he continued in the regiment therof three yeares, not without greate trouble and inteſtine com|motions: for the moſte part of the Lordes ma|ligning his aduauncement, ſought occaſions dayly to depoſe him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane tyme the Ilande men made ſome ſturre, neyther did the warres with Eng|lande ceaſſe, (though without anye greate ex|ployte or enter [...]ice worthie of remembrance) ſa|uing a fewe light [...] betwixt the parties as occaſion ſerued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Magnus king of Norway cõ|meth into the weſterne Iles.At length came Magnus king of Norway with a great fleete, and ſayling aboute the We|ſterne Iles, garniſhed all the ſtrengthes within them in moſt defencible wiſe, with men, muni|tion and vitayles, vſurping the dominion as ſo|ueraigne Lord of the ſame Iles: and at the ſame time ordeyned thoſe lawes and conſtitutions which are vſed there amongſt the inhabitants e|uen vnto theſe dayes.

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