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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Here, after he had remayned a certain ſpace,King Roberte purchaſeth ayde in the yles. he got ſupport of men, armour, and weapons, by meanes whereof taking newe courage, hee paſſed ouer into Carryke, and winning the ca|ſtell [figure appears here on page 312] there that belonged to his fathers inheri|taunce,He winneth the caſtell of Carryke. he ſlewe all the Engliſhemen, whiche hee founde within it, and beſtowed all the ſpoyle of money and goods gotten there amon|geſt his ſouldiers and men of warre.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His frendes that laye hidde in couerte and ſecrete corners, hearyng of theſe his dooings, beganne from eche ſyde to reſorte vnto hym,His power in|creaceth. by whoſe aſſiſtance ſhortely after he wan the ca|ſtell of Innerneſſe,Innerneſſe caſtell taken. and ſlew all them that were within there in garryſon.

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