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Compare 1587 edition: 1 1518The Erle of Lenox, who had bin with ye go|uernor in France, returned home into Scotland, and with him came a Frenche Heralt from the king with letters, and maſter Walter Stewarde Abbot of Glenluce came likewiſe from ye gouer|noure.The Abbot of Glenluce And about that time, bycauſe the Queene and Lords were aduertiſed that the French king had contracted newe bandes of peace and amitie with the king of England, without making mẽ|tion of Scotlande, they thought themſelues euill vſed, being his confederate friends,The Scots euil vſed at the French kings hands. and therevpon ſent ſharp letters to the King of Fraunce, and to the gouernour, by Albany the Herralde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 In the moneth of Iune, Maſter Gawin Dũ|bar, Archdeane of Saint Androwes, and Clearke of the Regiſter, was preferred to the Biſhops ſeate of Abberdene yt was vacant by the death of Alexander Gourdon. This Gawin founded an Hoſpitall in Abberdene,The Biſhop of Aberdine a builder. and endowed the ſame with lands for ſuſtenance of twelue poore men, with a prouoſt to haue care ouer them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He alſo builded a faire bridge, with ſeuen ar|ches ouer the water of Dee beſide Aberdene, and purchaſed landes, for the perpetuall vpholding thereof.

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