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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The thirtie day of Aprill, the Larde of Wed|derborne, and Maiſter William Dowglas, newly made Prior of Coldingham, with theyr partakers in greate number, came to Edenburgh to ayde the Erle of Angus, who was within the Towne agaynſte the Earle of Arrane and the Chancellor, who were alſo there. But nowe by the comming of theſe ſuccours, whiche entred by force at the neather bowe, and ſlewe the Maiſter of Mountgomery, and Sir Patrick Hamilton Knighte, the Earle of Arrane, and the Chancel|lor, were conſtreyned to forſake the Towne, and to paſſe through the North loch.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The one and twentie of Iuly, ye Erle of An|gus beeing in ye Towne of Edenburgh, George Hume, brother to the late Lord Hume beheaded, came thither with the Abbot of Coldinghã, bro|ther to the Earle of Angus, and Dauid Hume of Wedderborne, & a great company of Gentle|men & others, and paſſed to the Tolbuith, where they remayned till the heads of the Lorde Hume & of his brother William were taken downe be|ſide the place where they were faſtned on a gavil,The Lorde Humes head taken downe. and this was done in preſence of the prouoſt for the time being.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The next daye they went to Linlithgew, and from thence to Striueling, in hope to haue found the Chancellor, and ſome other of that faction there, but miſſing of their purpoſe, they returned to Edenburgh agayne, and cauſing ſolemne fu|nerall obſequies to be kepte in the blacke Friers, EEBO page image 431 for them that ought thoſe heads, with offerings and banquets, they afterwards returned home to their owne dwellings, without attempting any other thing for that preſent.

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