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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The occaſion was, for that this ſir Dauid Berclay had aforetime ſlaine one Iohn Dow|glas, brother to the ſayd ſir William, and father to ſir Iames Dowglas of Dalkeeth.

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1353.

Io. Ma. Sir William Dowglas ſlain.

In the yeare folowing, was the ſame ſir Wil|liam Dowglas, being lately before ranſomed out of England, ſlain, as he was a hunting in Etrik Foreſt, by his couſin and godſon William Erle of Dowglas, in reuenge of the ſlaughter of Alex|ander Ramſey, and other olde grudges.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus was the houſe of the Dowglaſſes de|uided amongſt themſelues,1354 purſuing eche other many yeares togither with great vnkindneſſe, vnnaturall enmitie and ſlaughter.

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