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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Abirbrothok is buyldded.The king in his returne from this iourneye, came by the abbey of Abirbrothok, to [...]ewe the worke of that houſe, how it went forward, com|manding them that wer ouerſeers & maſters of ye woorks to ſpare for no coſtes, but to bring it vp to perfection, and that with moſt magnificence.

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