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Compare 1587 edition: 1 When the Eſquier and Heralde were retur|ned againe into Scotland,1491 which had beene to vi|ſite ſtraunge Countreys, and made report of that they had ſeene, there was a Parliament holden, in which it was ordeined that the Biſhop of Glaſco, the Erle Bothwell, and others ſhould go as Am|baſſadours to ſue for the kings mariage in place where it ſhoulde be moſt expedient, and moſte to the kings lyking.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Great variance roſe betwixt the Archbiſhop of Saint Androwes, and the Biſhop of Glaſco,Two Archbi|ſhops ſtriue for the prehe|minence. touching the preheminence of theyr iuriſdiction, which drewe the noble men into factions, tyll the king commaunded the ſame to ceaſſe, and that they ſhould trie it by law afore competent iudges.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The king about the ſame time tooke order for the encreaſe of ſome number of ſhippes to bee had in his Realme,Prouiſion is made for ſhippes. and that euery hauen town ſhould build ſome aſwel for fiſhing, as to tranſport mar|chandiſe from place to place.

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