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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe wordes of this Biſhop (whatſoeuer he was) were lyked ſo well of all the Counſell,Legate cannot be receyued. that the Legate coulde not be receyued into the Realme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After the breaking vp of this Counſell, the maryage was conſummate betwixt king Alex|ander and Ioane, ſiſter to Henrie king of Eng|lande: alſo betwixt Hubert de Burgh high Iu|ſtice of Englande, and Margaret ſiſter to king Alexander, by reaſon of whiche mariages,Peace confyr|med with the Engliſh men. the peace was confirmed with the Engliſhmen, and as it had beene ſealed vp for a more full and cer|taine aſſurance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after followed ciuill warres in Scot|lande, by the motion of one Gileſpy Ros,Gileſpy Ros a rebell. who hauing liued moſt lycentiouſly in ryotous out|rage, at length arreared open warre agaynſt the king, and firſt ſlaying diuerſe ſuch of his compa|nions as had kept him companie aforetime in his lewde miſdemeanors, for that they refuſed nowe to ſticke to him in this rebellious enterpriſe, hee went with the reſidue that offred to take his part vnto the towne of Enuernes,Enuernes bur|ned by Gileſ|py Ros. Iohn Cumeyn Earle of Buch|quhane. which he tooke and burned, with diuers other places being of the Kings poſſeſſions, tyll at length Iohn Cumeyn Earle of Buchquhane comming agaynſte hym with an armie deliuered to him by the king, pur|ſued the ſayde Gileſpy in ſuch earneſt wiſe, that finally he tooke him with two of his ſonnes,Gileſpy Ros beheaded. and ſtriking off all their three heades, ſent the ſame to the king as a witneſſe how he had ſped.

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