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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſeconde departed this worlde in hir in|fancie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After the maryage ſolemnized betwixt hys daughter Mariorie, and the foreſayde Walter Steward, King Robert went through all the boundes of his Realme, and did not onely con|firme the auncient lyberties and priuiledges of the Burrowes and townes in al places where he came,Liberties by king Robert. but alſo augmented the ſame, and graun|ted vnto diuerſe aſwel townes as baronies, ſun|drie newe prerogatiues and franchiſes, as maye appeare by his charters made vnto them of the ſame, ſpecially to the townes of Perth, Dundee, and Aberdene.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare following, whiche was in the yeare 1315. the Princes of Irelande oppreſſed (as they tooke it) with long and inſufferable ty|rannie of the Engliſh men,1315 and truſting by ſup|port of Scottes to recouer their libertie, now after ſo notable an ouerthrowe of the whole Engliſhe puiſſance,The Lordes of Irelande re|quire ayde of king Robert. ſent Ambaſſadors vnto king Robert, requyring that it might pleaſe him to ſende hys brother Edwarde Bruce, to receyue the crowne and gouernment of theyr Countrey of Irelande.

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