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Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 288The foreſayde Lordes moued with this diſ|pleaſure, purpoſed to reuenge the ſame, and aſ|ſembling their powers in ſecrete wiſe, tooke the king at Kynroſſy,The king ta|ken by the Cumyns. & brought him vnto Striue|ling, where they kept him as captiue in warde a long time after.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Through which aduenture much harme en|ſued, by reaſon of miſruled perſons, that wrought many oppreſſions agaynſt the people, in hope to eſcape the due puniſhment for theyr miſchieuous actes prouided ſithe the king who ſhoulde haue ſeene iuſtice miniſtred, was holdẽ in captiuitie by his preſumptious aduerſaries. But of this mat|ter ye may ſee more in the Engliſh Chronicles about the 39. yeare of Henrie the thirde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The greate power of the Cumyns.The houſe of the Cumyns was in thoſe dayes of great power within the Realme, both in multitude of ofſpring, riches, landes, poſſeſſi|ons and manrent.Thirtie and two knights of one ſur|name. There were at the ſame time to the number of .xxxij. knightes of that ſurname within the realme, all men of fayre poſſeſſions and reuenues.

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