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Compare 1587 edition: 1 And herevppon, taking the Duke of Rothſay betwixt Dundee and S. Androwes, hee brought him to Faulkland,The Duke of Rothſay cõ|mitted to priſon. where he ſhut him vp in ſtraite priſon, and kept him without al manner of meate or drinke, ſo to famiſh him to death.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It is ſayde, that a woman vnderſtanding the Duke of Albanies intention, and taking ruth of the others pitifull caſe, found meanes to let meale fall downe through a rift of the loft of that towre wherein he was encloſed, by meanes whereof, hys life was certayne dayes ſuſteyned, but after thys was once knowne, incontinently was the wo|man made away.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the ſame maner, another woman through a long reede, fedde him with milke of hir owne breſts, and was likewiſe diſpatched as ſoone as her doings were perceyued.

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