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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He declared vnto him by many w [...]ightie rea|ſons, that it was not only neceſſarie for him and his Realme, that he ſhould take a wife by whom he might rayſe vp ſeede to ſucceede him in the poſſeſſion of the Crowne) but alſo that he might not chooſe a more perfect ſtate of lyfe (conſidering the office wherein hee was placed) than matri|monie, beeing inſtituted not by this lawmaker or that,Matrimonie inſtituted by God. but by God himſelfe, who in no one of all his ordinaunces myght erre or bee de|ceyued.

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