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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He thought good therfore to attempt the thing by ſleight, that myght not be done by force, that afterwards the realme of Scotlande myght bee the more enfeebled,King Edwards purpoſe to de|ſtroy Earle Thomas (as the Scottes do vnto.) But this is a kinde of practiſe a|mongſt men [...] forge ſlan|derous reports [...] [...]ring prin|ces in cõtempt and as it were made open to receyue diſpleaſure at his handes.

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