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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The death of Alexander prince of Scot|lande.For firſt his eldeſt ſonne Prince Alexander be|ing not paſt .xx. yeres of age, departed out of this worlde, without leauing any iſſue behinde him: and not long after, his daughter Margaret Queene of Norway deceaſſed alſo,The death of Margaret Queene of Norway. leauing be|hinde hir one onely daughter (as before is men|tioned) being as yet but an infant.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A Councell at Lions.In the ſame yeare was a generall counſell holden at Lions, the Pope and a great multitude of the Prelates of Chriſtendome being there aſ|ſembled.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 To this counſell were ſummoned to appeare all the Prouincials, Wardens, and miniſters of the begging Friers. And for ye there were ſo ma|ny ſundry orders of thẽ, ech man deuiſing of hys owne brayne ſome newe alteration, all thoſe or|ders were reduced into the foure orders which af|ter by the church of Rome were approued and a|lowed.The foure or|ders of Friers. A general cõmandement was alſo giuen,A commaun|dement giuen againſt deui|ſing new or|ders of Friers. that no man ſhould go about to begin any newe forme of ſuch vaine ſuperſtitious orders, whiche appoynt themſelues to eſchue labour, to the ende they may liue in pleaſure, luſt and ydleneſſe, vpõ the trauaile of other mens browes.

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