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Compare 1587 edition: 1 She bare by him two ſonnes, Alexander and Dauid, and one daughter named Margaret, the which (according to the aſſurance before made) was maried about three yeares after hir mothers deceaſſe, vnto Hanigo,The mariage of Margaret K. Alexanders daughter. or rather Aquine king of Norway, and deceaſſed in the ſeconde yeare af|ter the ſolemnization of the maryage, leauing be|hinde hir a daughter named alſo Margaret.

But before this happe fell ſo oute, euen im|mediately after the death of Queene Margaret the mother, hir yonger ſonne Dauid deceaſſed:The death of Dauid ſonne to king Alex|ander. By reaſon whereof, King Alexander being care|full for his ſucceſſion, procured a maryage for his elder ſonne Prince Alexander,The mariage of Alexander prince of Scot|lande. wyth the Earle of Flaunders his daughter, the whiche beeing brought into Scotlande, was maryed vnto the ſayd Prince at Iedworth, on the Sun|day after the feaſt of Saint Martyn in Winter, in the yeare 1279.1279.

The feaſt of this maryage was holden with great tryumph and ſolemnitie continually the ſpace of .xv. dayes togither.

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