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Compare 1587 edition: 1 And for the ceaſſing of theft, reif, and ſuch o|ther great enormities, the king was appoynted to ryde in perſon once euerie yeare through all partes of the Realme. And certaine noble men were or|deyned to exerciſe iuſtice in euerie ſhire next ad|ioyning to the places where they had theyr chiefe reſidence: and herevnto they gaue their othes to be diligent in the adminiſtration of iuſtice.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thoſe ordinances were right well obſerued all the dayes of king Iames the fourth his life tyme, ſo that the realme was reduced to great tranquil|litie, and gouerned in good peace and iuſtice.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Furthermore, all giftes made by his father in preiudice of the crowne, were reuoked, from the ſeconde day of Februarie immediately preceeding his death, to the day in which he was ſlaine.

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