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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In thys meane tyme,The Murrayes deſtroyed. Somerleid the Thane of Argyle (who as ye haue hearde was fled ouer into Irelande) vpon truſt of the hatred into the whiche Malcolme was runne with the moſte parte of all his nobles and commons thoroughe this ſlaughter of his people, and namely of them of Murrey lande,Somerleyd re+turneth into Scotland. he thought to aſſay fortunes chaunce once againe, and ſo therevpon returned with certain Kernes and naked men into Scot|lande: but this laſt enterpryſe of his came to a more vnluckie ende than the firſt,Somerleid vanquiſhed at Renfrow. for being van|quiſhed in batayle at Renfrowe, he loſt the moſt parte of all his menne, and was taken priſoner hymſelfe, and after hanged on a gybet,Somerleid is hanged. by com|maundement of the king, accordyng to that hee had iuſtly merited.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Malcolme hauing thus ſubdued his aduer|ſaries, and being nowe in reſt and quiet,King Mal|colme ſiſters maryed. he ſette hys mynde wholly to gouerne his realme in vp|right Iuſtice, & hauing two ſiſters mariageable, he coupled the elder named Margarete, wyth Conone duke of Britayne, and the yonger cal|led Adhama, hee maryed with Florence, Earle of Hollande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After thys, there was a councell holden at Scone of all the Scottiſh nobilitie,A parliament at Scone. where when they were aſſembled togyther in the Councell chamber, Arnaulde Archebiſhoppe of Saincte Andrewes ſtoode vp, and by a ryght pi [...]hthy [...] EEBO page image 271 Oration,The oration of Arnald Arch|biſhop of ſaint Androwes. tooke vppon him to aduiſe the king to chaunge his purpoſe touching his vow which (as appeared he had made to liue chaſte.

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