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Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Prelate in prudent policie excelled al o|ther Scottiſh Biſhops, of whom any writer ma|keth mentiõ. He kept ye Realme in good quiet, and obſerued ye truce concluded with ye Engliſhmẽ, to ye great weale and cõmoditie of ye pore commõs.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 400He was very rich, as appeared by ſundry buil|dings and workes which he left behinde him, as a memoriall of his name.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Beſide his Biſhoprike, he helde in his hands the commaundary of the Abbey of Pettinweme, whiche was worth vnto hym .800. crownes by yeere.

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