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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The caſtell of Vrquhard ta|ken by force.Amongeſt other, the caſtell of Vrquhard in Murraylande was taken by force, and not one lefte alyue that was founde in the ſame (one Gentlewoman only excepted) who beyng great with chylde was in that reſpecte preſerued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 She was the wyfe of Alexander Boyis lord of that houſe, though by reaſon ſhe was got in|to poore apparell, the Engliſhmen tooke hir but for ſome other woman of meaner eſtate.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 She therefore with hir lyfe ſaued being ſuffe|red to depart, got hir ouer into Ireland, where ſhe was delyuered of a ſonne, that was named at the Font ſtone Alexander, the whiche when Scotlãd was recouered out of the Engliſhmẽs hands, came to king Robert le Bruce, requiring him to be reſtored vnto his fathers heritage, be|ing as then in the occupation of other poſſeſſors.

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