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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the firſt yeares of his raigne he was who|ly drowned in laſciuious lecherie, abandoning himſelfe altogither to lie waltring amongſt a ſort of vile ſtrumpettes,A licentious king. hys luſt beeing neuer tho|rowely ſatiſfied, thoughe neuer ſo often awea|ryed.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The nobles of the realme he had in no regard at all, of whom ſome he confined, and ſome hee cauſed to be murthered, onely bycauſe hee might the more freely without gainſaying haunte hys vile trade of liuing with their wiues and coſins.

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