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Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Whileſt the ſiege thus lay before the Towne of Leith, diuers great troubles roſe in ſundrye partes of the Realme, and ſpecially betwixt the Erle of Huntley, and the Erle of Atholl,The Earle of Huntley and Atholl are at variance. ſo that there was taking of Priſoners, and ouerthro|wing of houſes on either part, and greate pre|paration made, and armies put in a readineſſe to inuade either others Countreys:The matter is pacified. but this bu|ſines was pacified by the trauaile and good me|diation of Maiſter Alexander Gordõ, then Po|ſtulat of Galloway, Maiſter Iohn Leſlie, of|ficiall of Aberdene, and William Leſlie, the yõg Lard of Buchquhane, who agreed thẽ for all matters in controuerſie, and cauſed them to goe to eyther others houſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame time,The Caſtell of Roſſe taken. one Maiſter Donald Fra|ſher, Archdeacon of Roſſe, tooke the Byſhoppes Caſtell of the Chanourie of Roſſe, and kept the ſame againſte Maiſter Henrye Sincleir, then Biſhop there, and the chiefeſt men of authoritie in that Dioceſſe, as Machenȝee, Balnagoun, Foulis, and the Sheriffe Tramercy, who aſſẽ|bled aboute the ſame, and beſieged the Caſtell,The Caſtell is beſieged. where great force was vſed, both by them with|out to winne it, and of them within to defende it.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Biſhop being then reſident in Cromer|cy Caſtell, hearing that the houſe would not be gotten withoute great ſlaughter, thought it a|gainſt his conſcience, his profit, and honor, to winne it in that manner, and therefore ſending for Maiſter Iohn Leſlie, officiall of Aberdene, and Maiſter Alexander Dunbarre, Subchaun|tour of Murrey, by their labour, & diligent trea|ting in the matter,The Caſtell was reſtored againe. the Biſhop by reaſonable a|poyntmente recouered his Caſtell of them that held it againſt him.

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