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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Earles of the ſurname of the Dowglaſſes.He had at the ſame time two brethren that were alſo Earles, as Archymbalde Erle of Mur|rey, and Hugh or (as other haue) George Erle of Ormont,The lynage and great ali|ance of the Dowglaſſes. beſyde the Earle of Angus, and the Erle of Mortoun, that were of his ſurname and bloud, with a great nũber of other lords, knights, and men of great poſſeſſions & liuings, all of the ſame ſurname, and linked in friendſhip & aliance with other the chiefeſt linages of all the realme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hereto by reaſon there had bene ſo many va|liant men and worthie Captaines of the Dow|glaſſes one after another,The loue that the people bare towarde the name of the Dowglaſſes. as it had beene by ſuc|ceſſion, the people and cõmons of Scotland bare ſuch good will and fauour towardes that name, that they were ready to ride or go with thẽ, they cared not whither, nor agaynſt whom.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It is ſayde, that the Earles of Dowglaſſes might haue rayſed .xxx. or .xl. thouſande warlike perſons readie at theyr commaundement, when|ſoeuer it had pleaſed them to call.

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