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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sir Alexander Ramſey perceyuing that the moſt part of the garriſon of Rokeſbourgh were eyther ſlain or taken in this laſt conflict, togither with their Captaine came haſtily thither, and gyuing a right fierce aſſault thereto,The Caſtell of Rokesbourgh wonne by A|lexander Ramſey. by fine force tooke it. Wherefore king Dauid in recompence [figure appears here on page 348] of his valiancie thus declared in his ſeruice, gaue vnto him the keeping of this Caſtell, togyther with the Shirifwike of Tinidall. Wherat Wil|liam Dowglas tooke ſuche diſpleaſure, that ſee|king to be reuenged,Alexander Ramſey taken by William Dowglas, and empriſoned. he founde meanes to appre|hend this Alexander Ramſey within the Church of Hawyke, and put him in priſon within the ca|ſtell of Hermitage, where be remayned in greate miſerie and lacke of foode till he dyed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Dauid was ſore moued herewith, pur|poſing the ſee ſuch puniſhment done on William Dowglas for that rebellious attempt, as might ſerue for an enſample to all other how they went about any the lyke offence.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Neuertheleſſe the Dowglas kept himſelfe out of the way amongſt the Mountaynes and other deſart places, till finally Robert Steward and o|ther Nobles purchaſed his pardon, ſo that at length he came into fauour again, and had al his landes and liuings reſtored vnto him, as well in Tyuidall as elſewhere.

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