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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Archembald Earle of Dowglas,The Earle of Dowglas is releaſed and returneth in|to Scotland. as yet re|mayning captiue in Englãd, after he had know|ledge of King Roberts death, made ſhift to agree for his raunſome, and ſo being ſet at libertie, re|turned with all ſpeede nowe at lengthe into Scotlande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after, there was a councell called,A motion made for the reſtoring of the Earle of March to his countrey. wherein was a motion made for the reſtoring of George Earle of Marche to his countrey, lands, and bloud.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After long debating of the matter, and harde hold too and fro both with him and againſt him, it was in the end cõcluded, that he ſhould returne into Scotland,The Earle of March reſto|red home. and be receyued as a true Scot|tiſhman, but vnder this condition, that he ſhould forgoe his lands of Annerdale, and Lochmaben, which ſhould for euer remayne to the Dowglas, and to his heires.

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