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Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this was Malcolme the eldeſt ſonne of the before mencioned prince Henry,Malcolme the ſonne of Hen|ry proclaimed prince of ſcot|lande. proclaymed in his place prince of Scotlande, and conueyed through the moſte partes of the realme by Dun|cane Earle of Fyfe, and other of the nobles ap|pointed, to attende vpon and to receyue the othes of all the Barons for theyr allegiaunce in his name.Erle of North|umberlande. William the ſecond ſonne of prince Hen|ry was conueyed into Northumberland by the foreſayde nobles, and there proclaimed and crea|ted Earle of that countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then went king Dauid himſelfe vnto Car|leile, where he met with Henry the ſonne of the Empreſſe, who receyued the order of knighthood there at his hands. This was a little before that the ſame Henry came to an agreemẽt with king Stephen,Henry the em+preſſe hir ſon receyueth. the order of kni|ghthode. whereby he was admitted to the poſ|ſeſſion of halfe the realme of Englande, and pro|miſed by othe of aſſurance (as the Scottiſh wri|ters ſaye) that he ſhoulde neuer be aboute to take the counties of Northumberland, Cumberland, and Huntingdon from the crowne of Scotland.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after was king Dauid taken with a ſore diſeaſe and maladie, which continued wyth him to the ende of his lyfe.

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