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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Yet though he was thus lefte deſolate of all ayde and ſuccour, hauyng his bretherne and o|ther of his frendes murthered and ſlayne to hys vtter diſcomfort and ruine (as was to be ſuppo|ſed) hee neuertheleſſe liued euer in hope of ſome better fortune, whereby in tyme to come,King Roberts good hope in tyme of ex|treme aduer|ſitie. hee myght recouer the realme oute of the enimies handes, and reſtore the auncient libertie thereof to the former eſtate.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 As for the paynes whiche he tooke in lyuing barely for the moſt part by water and rootes, and lodging oftentymes on the bare earth withoute houſe or other harborough, he was ſo accuſto|med therto by haunting the warrẽs in his youth, that the ſame greeued him little or nothing at all. But to conclude, ſuche was his valiauncie and moſt excellent fortitude of mynde and cou|rage,His inuincible hart and vn|daunted ſto|macke. that no iniurious miſchance of frowarde aduerſitie coulde abaſhe his inuincible heart and manlyke ſtomacke.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length, after he had wandred from place to place in ſundry partes of Scotlande, the bet|ter to auoyde the ſleightes of them that lay in a|wayte to apprehende hym,King Roberte getteth ouer into the Iles. he got ouer into one of the Iles, where comming vnto one of his ſpe|ciall frendes, a man of high nobilitie and wel-beloued of the people in thoſe parts, he was moſt hartily welcome, and gladly of him receyued, to his great eaſe and comforte.

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