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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Chauncellor then perceyuing himſelfe deſtitute of all helpe,An agreement made. made agreement with the gouernor, vnder certain conditions, that he ſhould retaine ſtill the Caſtell of Edenbourgh in hys poſſeſſion, and likewiſe continue ſtill in his office of Chancellor.The Earle of Dowglas de|parteth this life at Leſtel|ricke. 1439

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after the Earle of Dowglas deceaſ|ſed at Leſtelrig, in the yeare .1439, agaynſt whõ aſwell the gouernor as Chancellor had concey|ued great hatred.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He left behinde him a ſonne (begot of the Erle of Crawfords daughter named William, a child of fourtene yeares of age, who ſucceeded hys fa|ther in the Earledome of Dowglas, appearing at the firſt to be well inclyned of nature, but after|wardes by euill companie hee waxed wylde and inſolent.

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