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Compare 1587 edition: 1 After his deceaſſe, by common conſent of the three eſtates of the realme in councell aſſembled,Two gouer|nours choſen to rule Scot|land. Patrike Erle of Marche, and Dauid Earle of Mar were choſen gouernours, the firſt (that is to wit the Earle of Marche) had the charge of that part of the realme which lyeth on the ſouth ſide of the Furth, and the other (that is to ſaye, the Erle of Mar) was appointed to gouerne al that on the north ſyde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after roſe great trouble in Scotland by meanes of Edwarde Ballyoll, the ſonne of Iohn Ballyoll before remembred, as thus: It chaunced there was one Twynam Loriſon, a Gentleman borne,Twynam Lo|ryſon. but ſpotted with vile condi|tions, as adulterie & diuers other, for the whiche being put vnder cenſures of the church by the of|ficiall of Glaſgewe: he tooke at length the ſame Officiall as he was going toward the towne of Ayre, and helde him in captiuitie till he had paid two hundred poundes for his deliuerance. But this iniurie remayned not long vnpuniſhed: for ſir Iames Douglas before his paſſage to the ho|ly lande, would not ſuffer him to reſt, till he had conſtrayned hym to flee into Englande for his more ſafegarde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At his comming into England, he met with Dauyd Cumyn Earle of Athole,Scottiſh lords baniſhed into England. and many o|ther Scottiſhmen, which wer baniſhed in tymes paſt by king Robert, for yt they aſſiſted the king of England againſt him.

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