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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A conuocation of the cleargie at Saint Iohns towne.After theſe things were thus paſſed, a conuo|cation was called of the Cleargie at Saint Iohns towne. In the which were diuers pro|uinciall ordinances and ſtatutes, made by con|ſent of the King and Nobles of the Realme, which were obſerued in the Church of Scotland vnto theſe late dayes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 About the ſame time alſo,Somerleid Thane of Ar|gile rebelleth. one Sommerleid Thane of Argyle, the ſonne of that Somerleyd of whome ye haue hearde before, following his fathers ſteppes, rebelled agaynſt the King, ſore endomaging by rodes and forages the partyes bordering vpon the confines of his Countrey of Argile,Somerleides humble ſub|miſſion. till at length the Earle of March brought him to the termes of ſuch extreeme neceſſitie, that he was faine to yeelde himſelf with a corde abou [...] his necke in token of ſubmiſſion, and beeyng ſo brought before the king, obteyned pardon of his heynous offence.

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