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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Others that refuſed to obey, were purſewed with his gard, and hanged euer as they were ta|ken: as it hapned on a time of Hadington,Stubborne re|belles ſharply puniſhed. wher threeſcore euil and naughtie diſpoſed perſons be|ing gathered together, robbed & ſpoyled the peo|ple on the eche ſyde: and for that they regarded not, but rather myſuſed a purſenaunt, which he ſent vnto them, they were all taken incontinently by his foreſayd gard, which followed the ſayd per|ſeuaunt at the heeles, and without reſpite han|ged [figure appears here on page 331] thẽ vp on gybets to giue enſample to others.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edwarde cometh the felicitie of Scots.Through ſuche rigorous iuſtice, no rebellion was hearde of within the realme of Scotlande many yeares after, ſo that ſuche tranquillitie fo|lowed, that not only theeues and loytering lim|mers were daunted, but the realme alſo aduaun|ced in wealth and riches, to the greate terrour of all the foes and enimies therof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edward aduertiſed of this great felici|tie chaunced to the Scottes, by this meanes be|gan to enuie the ſame, and imagined with hym|ſelfe, that if Erle Thomas, the auctor of ye ſame felicitie were diſpatched out of the way, it ſhuld not onely impeache the proceeding of ſo greate wealth to the Scots, but alſo make for the ſure|tie of the realme of Englande: for the ſingular manhood and high prowes of this Erle, was by him and other his nobles ſore ſuſpected.

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