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Compare 1587 edition: 1 And ſhortely after vppon deliuerie of thoſe wrytings, Bruce wente into Englande, for he myght not remayne long in Scotlande, for doubte of ſuſpition, whiche kyng Edwarde had in hym, bicauſe of the title whiche he had to the Crowne of Scotlande, as before is ſpecifyed, inſo muche (as was thought) kyng Edwarde woulde haue put bothe hym and his brethern [...] vnto death long before, if he myght haue once got them all into his handes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iohn Cumyn (after that hee and Bruce were thus agreed vppon Articles,Iohn Cumyn doth doubt. and departed the one from the other) beganne to doubt, leaſt this conſpiracie deuiſed betwixte them, woulde not ſorte to anye luckye concluſion for his pur|poſe, eyther for that hee feared the greate puiſ|ſaunce of kyng Edwarde, eyther elſe for that his aucthoritie and power (as hee myſtruſted) woulde not bee greate, if the Bruce once at|tayned the Crowne: And herevppon hee ſente one of his ſeruauntes vnto kyng Edwarde,Cumyn diſ|cloſeth the conſpiracie. with his counterpane of the Indenture contey|nyng the couenauntes of the conſpiracie, ſigned and ſealed wyth Bruces owne hande and ſeale.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The meſſenger delyuered this writing in ſe|crete wyſe vnto king Edwarde, declaryng vn|to him the whole matter as it was paſſed and concluded betwixt the Bruce and his maiſter, ac|cordyng to inſtructions gyuen hym in ye behalf.

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