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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herauld thane of Cathnes [...]n [...]ter of rebelles.But after it was certainly knowne, that the king was not onely alyue, but alſo recouered of his infirmitie, & cõming homewards, thoſe lym|mars and wicked rebels withdrew vnder ye con|duct of one Herald ye Thane of Cathnes, & Erle of Orkney vnto the vttermoſt bounds of Scot|lande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Howebeit the king purſued them in ſuch di|ligent and earneſt maner,Iuſtice not de| [...]te of mer+cye. that he apprehẽded the moſt part of them in Cathnes, & cõmaunded iu|ſtice to be done on them, in ſuch wyſe, that mer|cie was not yet wanting: for ſuch as were thou|ght to bee after a ſorte gyltleſſe, were pardoned, and the other puniſhed, euery of them according to the meaſure of his offences.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But the principall leader of them, that is to wite, the forenamed Herald, for that tyme eſca|ped into the weſt Iles, but ſhortly after, retur|ning into Cathnes,The Thane o Cathnes takẽ. Seuere puni|tion. he was taken and brought to the king, who cauſed his eyes fyrſte to be put out, then gelded, and laſtly to bee hanged on a paire of gallowes.

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