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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And for this cauſe,The cauſe why the Douglaſſes bear the blou|dye heart. the Douglaſſes beare the bloudy heart in their armes.

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