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Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Alexander hauing loſt his wife and children, in maner as is before expreſſed, not on|ly he himſelf, but alſo all Scotland was in great penſiueneſſe and ſorrow, eche man by a certaine ſoreiudgement and miſgiuing in minde, doub|ting the miſhap that might therof enſue.K. Alexander maryed the daughter of the Earle not of Champaign but of Dreux, ſayth Southw. But yet did king Alexander by aduice of his Nobles, in hope of new iſſue, marrie the daughter of the Erle of Champainge in Fraunce, named Iolant.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The mariage was celebrate at Iedburgh with greate feaſting and triumph: but that ioye and gladſome blythneſſe endured not long after.Ri. Southwel varieth ſome|what from the Scottiſh wri|ters in report of K. Alexan|ders death. See in Eng|lande.

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