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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 About this ſeaſon, Iames Stewarde ſonne to the Lorde of Lorne, maryed the Queene Dowa|ger, and ſauoured the Earle Dowglas in his vn|ruly demeanor, wherevpon both the ſayd Iames and his brother William, with the Queene,The Queene impriſoned. were committed to priſon in the Caſtell of Striueling by the gouernors appoyntment, but ſhortly after they were releaſed by the ſute of the lord Chance|lor Sir William Creichton, and Alexander Se|tõ of Gurdun, who became ſureties for their good abearing, vnder greate forfeyture of ſufficient bande.

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