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Compare 1587 edition: 1 By his comming things were partly quieted for a time, and ſhortly after that he had cõmuned with Lewes touching ſundrie affayres pertey|ning to both the realmes, they paſſed the Seas with ten veſſels ouer into France, leauing theyr powers behind them to aſſiſt the Engliſh lords,

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Frenche king aduertiſed thereof, came down to Bulleigne, where finding his ſonne and king Alexander, he renued the auncient bonde of amitie betwixt France and Scotlande,The league be+twixt Fraunce and Scotlande renued. with the ſame Alexander, according to the couenantes of the olde league, with this addition, that neyther Prince ſhoulde receyue the enimies of the others realme, nor to marry with any ſtranger, the one not making the other priuie thereto.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The beſt ap|proued wry|ters affyrme that Lewes wẽt not ouer into France, til after the death of king Iohn.Theſe things being ratified, king Alexander and Lewes returned into Englande: ſhortly wherevpon, king Iohn died, more through an|guiſh of minde and melancholy, that by force of any other naturall diſeaſe.

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