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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Angus became a chanon.Wherevppon when hee ſawe he myghte not mayntryn his eſtate as he had done before he be|come a Chanon in holy Rood houſe, and ther en|ded his life (as it is reported.)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A rebellion moued by the Murrayes.It was not long after the pacifying of thys trouble, but that a newe rebellion was rayſed: for the Murray lande men by the prouocation of their Captaine named Gildo,Gildo captayn of the rebels. waſted with fyre and ſworde the countreys of Ros, Bowgewal, or Bougdale, Mar, Garcoch, Buchquhane, and the Mernes, in more cruell ſorte, than any fo|rayne and moſte barbarous Nation wold haue done,The cruelte of the rebelles. in ſo muche that when the kyng ſente dy|uers of his ſeruauntes vnto them to vnderſtand the cauſe of their rebellious doings, they ſlewe thoſe meſſengers, contrarye to the lawe of Nations.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To puniſhe ſuche iniurious attemptes, the abouenamed Gilcriſt was ſente wyth an armie into Murrayland,Gilcriſt diſcõ|fited by the Murrayes. but the rebels nothyng diſ|couraged with the knowledge of his approued prowes, mette hym in the fielde, and put hym to flyght.

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