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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Syr Iames Douglas then, choſen as moſte worthy to paſſe with king Robertes heart vnto the holy lande, choſed the ſame in a caſe of golde, enbalmed with ſweet ſpices, and right precious oyntments. And herewith hauing in his compa|nie a number of nobles, and gentlemen, amongſt whome ſir William Synclare, and ſir Robert Logan were chiefe, he paſſed foorth tyll he came to the Citie of Ieruſalem, where hee buried the hart aforeſayd, with al reuerence and ſolemnitie that he might d [...]iſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This done, he reſorted with ſuch number as EEBO page image 230 he had brought thither with him vnto ſuch other Chriſtian princes as at the ſame tyme were ga|thered with great puiſſance,The valiancie of Iames Dou|glas ſhewed a|gainſte the Turkes. from ſundry partes of Chriſtendome to warre againſt the Turkes, and there in companye with them, he did ſo no|ble ſeruice agaynſt the common enimies of our religion, that by his often victories he wan great honour to the Chriſtian name.

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