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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Angus the Thane of Gal|loway rayſeth a commotion: vpon what oc|caſion writers make not anye mencion.One Angus as then the Thane of Gallo|way, perceyuing he might not by ſecret practiſe atchieue his purpoſed intẽt (whatſoeuer the ſame was) determined by open force to aſſay what luc+kie ſucceſſe Fortune wold ſend hym, hoping that thoſe which through feare ſate as yet ſtill, would aſſiſte hym in all his attemptes, ſo ſoone as they ſaw any commotion reyſed by hym to occaſion them thereto.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Angus diſcõ|fited by Gil|criſt.Hervpon he aſſembled together a great com|panie: but before he coulde worke anye notable feate, to make anye accounte of. Gylcriſte Earle of Angus, (whoſe faithfull valiancie was before many feſtly approued in the ſuppreſſion of Somerleyds rebellion) diſcomfited his po|wer, in three ſundrye bickerings, chaſed Angus hymſelfe vnto Whyterne,Whyterne, a place of ſanc|tuarie. where is a place of Sanctuarie priuiledged for the ſafegarde of all offendours that flee therto for ſuccour in the ho|nour of ſainct Ninian.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Malcolme then, for that he durſte not breake the fraunches of that place,Angus beſie|ged in Why|terne. ſette a bande of men of warre round about it, to watch that he ſhuld by no meanes eſcape away, ſo that at lengthe a|wearyed as it had bene with long ſiege,Angus yel|deth him ſelfe to the kyng. hee yel|ded himſelfe to the king, who takyng his ſonne to pledge for his good a bearing in tyme to come, licen [...]ed hym to go whyther it ſhuld pleaſe hym: but the moſt part of his lands and liuings were confiſcate to the kings vſe.

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