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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Queene ſeemed ſory for the erles death,Iohn Gordon is beheaded. but in Nouember Iohn Gordon was beheaded in Aberdene, and ſhortly after the Queene re|turned [figure appears here on page 598] Southwards, leauing foure Commiſ|ſioners in Aberdene: the Treaſourer, Maiſter Iames Macgill, maiſter Iohn Spens of Cun|dye, and the Larde of Pettarro, to compound for the eſcheites of them that were in the fielde wyth the Earle of Huntley.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Greate Summes of money were taken and leuied of them for that treſpaſſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Lorde Gordon was taken by the duke of Chatellerault hys father in lawe,The Lorde Gordon is taken priſo|ner. at Cu|mernoul, and brought to Edenburghe, where hee was putte in the Caſtell, and after by a iurye conuicte forfalted, and condempned to dye, and ſente to Dunbarre Caſtel, there to remayne in warde, where hee continued till the yeare of God .1565.

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