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Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Hielande Scot was highly rewarded by the King for his laboure, according as was thought requiſite.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the ſecond yeare of his raigne, King A|lexander, (or rather ſuch as had the gouernment of the Realme vnder him) aſſembled togither all the Prelates and Barons of the realme at Dun|fermeling, and there ordeyned to take vp the bones of his Grandmother Queene Margaret,The tranſlati|on of Queene Margarets [...] bones. which being done, he cauſed them to be put into a Shrine o [...] ſla [...], the .xxj. day of Iuly, and min|ding to place the ſame where it reſteth at thys preſent, as it was borne forth towarde that place, when the bearers came aneynst the Sepulcre of hir husbande King Malcolme, they were not able to remoue the Relykes any further, till by the counsell (as is sayde) of an aged man that was there present, they tooke vp the bones of the same Malcolme also, and bare them forth with hirs to the place aforesaid, where they after rested in great veneration of the people.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Such as were appoynted gouernours (during the minoritie of king Alexander) doubting least the tender yeares of their soueraigne might enbolden the enimies of the Realme to attempt some inuasion, sent Ambassadors vnto Henrie king of England, requiring that the peace might be ratified of new with him and his people, They were fi|anced in the [...] dayes of king Alexander the fayre as in the Engliſh chro|nicle it may appeare. and further to make a motion of mariage to bee had betwixt king Alexander and a daughter of king Henries.

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