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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Some ſay that when the battayles were rea|die to haue ioyned, his men beholding the Baner of Saint Cutbert ſpred agaynſt them, immedi|ately forſooke him, ſo that he beeing deſtitute of ſuccour, fled, in purpoſe to haue ſa [...]ed himſelfe in ſome one of the Weſterne Iles, but being appre|hended by the Inhabitants, was brought (as is ſayde) vnto Edgar, by whom he was (howſoeuer the hap of his taking chaunced) caſt immediatly into priſon, wherein he ſhortly after dyed.King Donalde dieth in priſõ.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The victorie thus atchieued, Edgar went vnto Edenburgh, and from thence vnto Dun|fermeling to viſite the Sepultures of his mother and brethren.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 260] AFterwardes cõming to ye Abbey of Scone and aſſembling the Lordes of the Realme,Edgar. he re|ceyued ye crown,Edgar is crow|ned and an|noynted. and ſhortlye af|ter was annoin|ted by the Arch|byſhop of Saint Androwes named Godrike, in the yeare of our redemption .1101. For his mother Queene Margaret purchaſed a little before hir death of Orbane the Pope,A priuiledge for the Scot|tiſh kings to be annointed. that from hencefoorth all the Kinges of Scotlande ſhoulde bee an|noynted.

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