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Compare 1587 edition: 1 To be briefe, it appeered in all his behauioure and manners, in what company ſo euer he came, that his bringing vp had bin according to hys nature, neyther of them differing from his birth, and the qualitie of a noble and moſt vertuous prince.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The griefe of his father king Robert.After it was ſignifyed vnto his father Kyng Roberte, that his ſon was thus arreſted in Eng|land, he made full great and dolorous moue, ſore lamenting that euer he matched himſelfe in ma|riage with a woman of ſo meane degree (to the diſperagement of his bloud) as was Queene An|nabell, on whome he begate his ſonnes, whiche (as he tooke it) was the onely cauſe why aſwell forayne Princes as his owne ſubiectes had hym thus in contempt.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He tooke this matter ſo ſore to hart, that with|in three dayes after the newes came vnto hym, he departed this world through force of ſickneſſe,The death of King Roberte the thirde. now encreaſed by melancoly, whiche had vexed hym a long time before.

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