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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whileſt the king was in this voyage, the Queene was deliuered of a ſonne at Saint An|drewes,Queene [...]red of [...]. whereof the king being aduertiſed at hys landing, haſted with all po [...]dle diligence to the Queene, and ſhortly after was the childe bapti|ſed, and called Iames. The Archbiſhop of S. Andrewes, and the Earle of Arrane were God|fathers, and the Queene the Kings mother was Godmother. For the byrth of this Prince, there were b [...]ſ [...]s made through all partes of the Realme, wyth greate triumph and gyuing of thankes vnto God for the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this the Queene, mother to the K. retur|ned vnto Methwen, where after ſhe had remay|ned a certaine tyme, a ſickneſſe tooke hir, of the which ſhortly after ſhe departed this life,The Queene mother depar|ted this life. and was buried in the Charterhouſe Churche of Saint Iohns Towne, by the Tombe of King Iames the firſt. The king himſelfe and many Nobles of the Realme were preſent at the funeralles, which were kept in moſt ſolemne and pompous maner.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame yeare, were burnt at Edenbourgh for hereſie, as it was then taken,Certaine per|ſons a burnt for religion. a regular Cha|non, two blacke Friers, and a ſecular man.

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