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Compare 1587 edition: 1 And this was done for a memoriall, to ſhew what loue and heartie beneuolence theſe two knights bare towardes king Robert & his people, for the great liberalitie receyued at his handes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 This glorious victorie chaunced to the Scots on the day of the natiuitie of S. Iohn Baptiſt, in the yere .1314. Immediatly after,1314 K. Robert called a Parliamẽt at Ayre, where by cõſent of the three eſtates he was cõfirmed king,The crown of Scotlande en|tayled. & the crown entai|led to the heyres males of his bodie lawfully be|gotten, & for want of ſuch heyres to remaine vnto his brother Edward Bruce, & to the heyres male of his body:Mariorie the daughter of king Robert by his firſt wife. and if he chanced to die without ſuch heyres, thẽ ſhould the crowne deſcend vnto Mar|iory the daughter of K. Robert, and to the heyres generall of hir bodie, by lawfull ſucceſſion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 320This Mariorie was gotten by king Robert on the Earle of Mar his ſiſter, his firſt wife, and was maryed by the aduice of his Nobles, vnto Walter great Steward of Scotlande.

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