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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo at Hadynton was holden a royal tour|nament, where Knightes and Squiers aduaun|ced themſelues by valiant prowes to winne ho|nor: Neuertheleſſe the ende of all that pleaſure and paſtime ended in ſorow, for Patrike Cu|myn Earle of Atholl was ſlaine within his lod|ging in the nyght,Patrike Earle of Athol murthered. and the houſe ſet on fyre and burned ouer-hym, to the intente no ſuſpition ſhoulde riſe, but that it happened by ſome euill miſfortune and negligence of fyre.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iohn Byſſart ſuſpected.But yet was Iohn Byſſart, with Walter Byſſart his vncle ſhrewdly ſuſpected for the matter, inſomuch that though no euident proufe coulde be had agaynſt them, yet were they ba|niſhed the Realme, and loſt all theyr goodes by confiſcation to the kings vſe.

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