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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottiſh men hauing great indignation that the Iles beeing aunciently parcell of the crowne,Edgar king Malcolms ſon is ſent for. ſhould be thus alienated from the ſame, ſent oratours vnto Edgar (who was as ye haue herd the fourth ſonne of king Malcolm) deſiring him moſt inſtantly to come into Scotlãd, to re|couer his fathers heritage and crowne of Scot|land out of the vſurpers handes.

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