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Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Stephan paſſeth vnto Roxbourgh.King Stephen moued herewith, leuied his people, and came in puiſſant aray vnto Roxbo|rough: but for that he had ſecrete knowledge that ſome of the nobles in his armie ſoughte hys de|ſtruction,King Stephan returneth. hee was conſtrayned to returne with|out atchieuing of any worthie enterpriſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The yeare next enſuyng, a peace was talked vpon, the Archbiſhops of Cantorbury & Yorke appointed commiſſioners in the treatie therof on the behalfe of king Stephen, and the biſhops of Glaſgewe, Aberden, and Saint Androws on the partie of king Dauid. But Maulde queene of Englande, the daughter of Euſtace Earle of Boloigne, and neece to king Dauid by his ſiſter Marie, was the chiefeſt doer in this matter, to bring them to agreement.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The one of the kings, that is to ſay Stephen, lay at Dureſme with his nobles, and the other, that is to ſay Dauid, lay at Newcaſtell, during all the time of this treatie, which at length ſorted to the concluſion of a peace,A peace. on theſe conditions, that the counties of Northumberland and Hun|tingdon ſhoulde remaine in the gouernement of Henry Prince of Scotland,Couenants of agreement. as heire to the ſame by right of his mother:

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