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Compare 1587 edition: 1 About this tyme the Souldane named Sala|dine proſpered hugely againſt the Chriſtians in the holy lande,Saladine the Souldane. making ſuche cruell ſlaughter of them, that to heare thereof, all chriſtian heartes were moued to pitifull commiſeration and dolo|rous teares, in ſo muche that Henrye kyng of Englande vowed to goe thyther wyth an ar|mie to relieue the common neceſſitie of the chri|ſtian publique weale, and hadde gone in deede,King Henries purpoſe to go into the holye land againſte the Saraſins hindered by rebellion of his ſonne. if hee had not bene hyndered by the conſpiracie of his ſonne, whome lately before he had cauſed to bee crowned kyng, that wente aboute to v|ſurpe the ſole adminiſtration to hymſelfe nowe in his fathers lyfe tyme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Aboute the ſame tyme king William wente with an armie into Ros,Makulȝen and Makbein ca|pitaines of pyrates. agaynſte Makulȝen and Makbein, two Capitaynes of the weſtern Iles, whiche vſed vppon occaſion to paſſe ouer into Ros, Cathnes and Murrayland, ſpoyling and waſting thoſe countreyes, and when they hearde of any power comming agaynſte them, they woulde ſtreyghte returne to their ſhippes, and repaſſe againe to the Iles.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But at this tyme, the king had ſente forth a Nauie to brenne all thoſe veſſelles, wherein EEBO page image 277 robbers hadde paſſed ouer and had left at anket, by reaſon wherof when they were encloſed in on euery ſide by the king, and taken priſoners, they after ſuffered death on the wheele,Death on the wheele. according to the maner of the ciuill lawe.

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