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Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the Morrow after, Duke Mordo hym|ſelfe, and Duncane Stewarde Earle of Lennox were conuicted of highe treaſon, and beheaded a|fore the Caſtell in ſemblable maner.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus by the attainder of Duke Mordo and his ſonnes, the Erledomes of Fife, Menteith, and Lennox came into the kings handes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The reſidue of the Lordes and Barons re|mayning as then in priſon, and abyding the kings pleaſure, were ſore afrayd when they heard what rygorous iuſtice had beene executed on Duke Mordo and his ſonnes: notwithſtanding within a tweluemonth after they were all ſet at libertie, and receyued into the kings fauour, on promiſe of their loyall demeanour and duetifull obedience euer after to be ſhewed during their na|turall lyues.

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