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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yere next enſuing, that is to wit .1400. King Robert in conſideratiõ of a ſumme of mo|ney to him aforehand payd, contracted couenants of mariage to be had and made betwixt his ſonne the Duke of Rothſay, and the Earle of Marches daughter,The occaſion of the falling foorth betwixt King Robert, and the Earle of March. but Archembalde Earle of Dowglas hauing indignation yt the Earle of March ſhould be preferred before him, by ſupport of the Duke of Albany, procured a counſel to be called, in ye whi|che hee founde meanes to aſſure his daughter the Lady Mariory vnto the ſayd Duke of Rothſay, and with al ſpeede went about to conſummate ye mariage betwixt them, to put the matter out of all doubt.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of March perceiuing this dealing, came to the King, and required to know his plea|ſure, if he minded to performe the couenantes cõ|cluded, concerning the mariage betwixt ye prince & his daughter or not, making as it were a great complainte of that which was already done to ye breach thereof, and receyuing anſwere nothyng agreeable to his minde, hee departed in a greate fume, not ſticking to ſay, hee woulde be reuenged on ſuch vntruth ere it were long.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after he fled into England, leauyng his Caſtell of Dunbar,The Earle of March fleeth into E [...] well ſtuffed of all thyngs neceſſary for defence, in the keeping of his ſiſters ſonne named Robert Maitland, but when Ar|chembald EEBO page image 367 Dowglas came thither in the Kyngs name, and required to haue the Caſtell rendred into his hands,The Caſtell of Dunbar [...]ey [...]ed to the Kings vſe. this Robert Maitland obeyed the kings commaundemente, and deliuered the houſe to the ſayd Dowglas.

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