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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Larde of Cragmiller, then prouoſt of Edenburgh, and Sir Iames Balfour, alſo the Captaine of the Caſtell, were ioyned in this cõfederacie with the Lordes, as ſhortly af|ter it appeared. The Queene after this, was EEBO page image 505 conueyed ouer the Forth and brought to Loch|leuen,The queene [...] to Lochleuen. where ſhe was appoynted to remayne in warde vnder the ſaue keepyng of Williã Dow|glas Lard of that place. The Erle Bothwell eſcapyng to Dunba [...] founde meanes to flee in|to Denmarke, where he was ſtayed and com|mitted to pryſon wherein at length he died. Diuers perſons afterwardes were apprehended as parties to the murder of the King, and there|vpon condemned, were executed, confeſſing the ſayd Earle to be the principall executour of the ſame murder.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Iames the ſixt._THe nientẽth of Iu|ly Charles Iames the yong Prince of Scotlande, after a Sermon made by Iohn Knokes, was crowned Kyng of Scottes in Ster|ling Church, where were redde certayne letters of commiſſion and procuration with the Queenes priuy ſeale at thẽ for the eſtabliſhing of the ſame coronation. The firſt for hyr re|ſignation of the crowne and gouernment of the yong Prince hyr Sonne. The ſeconde to au|thoriſe the Earle of Murrey to be regent during the Kings minoritie. The thirde, to giue au|thoritie, and power to ſeuen other ioynyng with the ſayde Earle of Murrey, in caſe he ſhould re|fuſe to exerciſe the ſame alone, that is to ſay, the Duke of Chatellerault, the Earles of Lennox, Argile, Athol, Morton, Glencarne, and Mar.

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