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Compare 1587 edition: 1 For the ſure performance of theſe articles thus betwixt the two kings cõcluded, nine noble men of Scotlande were appointed to be deliuered as hoſtages vnto king Iohn.Scottiſhe ho|ſtages deliue|red to kyng Iohn.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In that aſſemblie there at Yorke, king Wil|liam alſo ſurrendred into the hãds of king Iohn the landes of Cumberlande,A ſurrender made to a vſe. Huntington, and Northumberland, to the intent he ſhuld aſſigne thoſe landes again vnto his ſonne prince Alexã|der, and he to do homage for the ſame, according to the maner and cuſtome in that caſe prouided, for a knowlege and recognition that thoſe lands were holden of the kings of Englande, as ſupe|riour lordes of the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 During the aboade of theſe two kynges at Yorke, there was brought vnto them a chylde of ſingular beautie, ſonne and heire to a Gentlemã of great poſſeſſions in thoſe parties, beeing ſore vexed with diuers and ſundry diſeaſes, for one of his eies was conſumed and loſt through an iſſue which it had of corrupt and filthie humours: the one of his handes was dryed vp, the one of hys feete was ſo taken, that he had no vſe therof, and his toung likewiſe that he could not ſpeake.

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