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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevnto hee deſired them,His deſire to haue his hart [...] borne to the holy ſepulchre that after his de|ceaſſe, they woulde chooſe ſome one of the moſte worthie captaines within the whole realme to beare his heart vnto Hieruſalem, and there to ſee it buried within the temple, before the holy Se|pulchre of our Lorde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 For if he had not bin for a long ſpace hynde|red by vrgent buſineſſe of warres at home, and laſtly preuented by death, he had vowed to haue paſſed with an army into the holy lande, in de|fence of the chriſtian faith, againſte the Turks and Saraſins.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon, when he was dead, the lordes by one aſſent, appointed ſir Iames Dowglas,Sir Iames Dou+glas appointed to goe with K. Roberts heart to the ſepul|chre. to take this enterpriſe in hande, who willingly o|beyed their order, as he that had euer dutyng the lyfe of king Roberte ſerued moſte faithfully the bodie wherin the ſame hart was incloſed.

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