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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Which act being reported to the king, as then ſoiourning at Edenbourgh, he haſted forth with all ſpeede to puniſh the offenders, not ceaſſing till EEBO page image 285 he had taken foure hundred of them, all the which number he cauſed to be hanged,Strayte exe|cution. and for that hee would haue no ſucceſſion to come of ſuch a wic|ked ſeede, hee appoynted all theyr ſonnes to loſe their ſtones.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The place where they were ſo gelded, is called euen to this day the ſtonie hill.The ſtony hil.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of Cathnes, for that he neyther ſuccoured the Biſhoppe in time of neede, nor yet ſought to puniſh the offenders that did this cruel deed,The Earle of Cathnes loſeth his landes. was depriued of his Earledome, and whole landes belonging to the ſame.

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