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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottiſh wryters make mention that a little before he departed out of this worlde,The crueltie of king Ed|warde as is noted by the Scottiſh wry|ters. there were brought vnto him .lv. yõg ſtriplings, which were taken in the Caſtell of Kildrummy, after it was wonne by the Engliſh men, and being aſ|ked what ſhould be done with them, he commaũ|ded they ſhould be hanged incontinently, with|out reſpect to their yong yeares, or other conſide|ration of their innocencies that might haue mo|ued him to pitie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After his deceaſſe,Edwarde of Carnaruan, ſonne to Ed|ward Long|ſhankes. his ſonne Edward of Car|naruane ſucceeded in the gouernment of Eng|land, who following his fathers enterpriſe, called a counſell at Dunfreis, ſommoning the Lordes of Scotlande to appeare at the ſame, and cauſed a greate number of them at theyr comming thi|ther to doe their homage vnto him,Homage to king Edward of Carnaruan. as to their ſu|periour Lorde and gouernour; But diuerſe yet diſobeyed his commaundements, and would not come at his ſummoning, vppon truſt of ſome chaunge of fortune by the death of his father, for that the ſonne was muche giuen (as was repor|ted) to incline his eare to lewde counſell, not without the great griefe of his people, and name|ly of the Lords and chiefe Nobles of his realme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after this, the ſayde Edwarde of Carnaruane returned into Englande, and in the meane time Iohn Cumyn Erle of Buchquhane gathered a mightie armie, both of Scottes and Engliſh men to reſiſt agaynſt king Robert, that he might thereby declare his faythfull affection towardes the new Engliſh king.

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