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Compare 1587 edition: 1 For ſhortly vpon his deliuerance,He rebelleth. he gathe|red a power of wicked ſcapethriftes, and with the ſame comming vnto Inuernes, burnt the towne,The towne of Inuernes burnt. and beſieged the Caſtell, enforcing with all di|ligence to wynne the ſame, tyll he was aduerti|ſed, that the King was comming towardes him with a great power, wherevpon he fledde incon|tinently to the Iles, and finally hauing know|ledge that a great number of people lay dayly in awayte to take him, that they myght preſente him to the Kings handes,Alexander of the Iles com|meth to the king and aſ|keth pardon. he came diſguyſed in poore aray to the holy Rood houſe, and there fyn|ding the King on Eaſter daye deuoutly in the Churche at hys prayers, he fell downe on hys knees before hym, and beſought hym of grace for hys ſake that roſe as that day from death vn|to lyfe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At requeſt of the Queene, the King pardoned him of lyfe, but he appoynted William Dow|glas Erle of Angus to haue the cuſtodie of him, and that within the caſtel of Temptalloun, that no trouble ſhould riſe by his meanes thereafter.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His mother Eufame, daughter to Walter ſometime Earle of Ros, was alſo committed to warde in Saint Colmes Inche, bycauſe it was knowne that ſhe ſolicited hir ſonne to rebell in maner as is aforeſayd agaynſt the king.

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