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Compare 1587 edition: 1 After the ſolemnization of the Mariage, king Iames remayned in Fraunce, till the Moneth of May paſſing the time with all kinde of pleaſure and diſport that might be deuiſed for his honou|rable entertainment.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Finally, the king and his wife Queene Mag|dalen tooke their leaue of the king of France their father at Paris, about the latter ende of Aprill, and ſo roade to Rouen, where they were receyued with great triumph, and from thence they paſſed downe the ryuer to Newhauen where they em|barked, being accompanied by the Admirall of France, and many other noble men of the realme appoynted by the French king to attende vpon them into Scotlande, and ſo they ſayled forth EEBO page image 444 with pleaſaunt winde and proſperous weather, through the Seas,The king with his Queene re|turneth into Scotland. vntill they came into the Forth, and there landed at the peare of Lieth Ha|uen, the .xxix. of May, in the yeare .1537. where a great number of Earles, Biſhoppes, Barons, and other Noble men and Gentlemen of Scot|lande were readie to receyue them with paſſing ioy and gladneſſe, and from thence with greate tryumph they were conueyed to the Abbey of Holyroode houſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This noble Ladie with hir louely counte|nance and ſeemely demeanour, at hir firſt arri|uall wanne the loues and beartie good willes of all the Nobles and people of the Realme, & with|all contented ſo highly the minde and fantaſie of the king hir huſband, that there was neuer more hope of wealth and proſperitie to ſucceede with|in the realme, than at that preſent: but fortune enuying ſo greate felicitie, woulde not ſuffer them to continue any long tyme togyther: for aboute the ende of Iune ſhee fell ſicke of a vehe|ment Feuer,Queene Mag|dalen depar|teth this Iſle. whereof ſhee departed thys lyfe the tenth of Iulye nexte enſuyng, and was bu|ryed in the Churche of holye Roode houſe, for whoſe death the Kyng was ryghte ſor|rowfull, and ſtyrred not abroade of a long time after.

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