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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Ewin being thus taken,Ewin condem|ned to perpe|tual priſon. was by and by con|demned to perpetuall priſon: and Cadallane of whome ye haue heard before, immediately pro|claymed gouernour of the Realme. Howbeit the night following after that Ewin (according to the iudgement pronounced agaynſt him, was committed vnto warde) a preſumptuous yong man, in hope to haue thankes of Cadallane, en|tred into the chamber where he was encloſed,Ewyn is ſtrangled. and there ſtrangled him. But in ſteede of thankes he was recompenced with death: for Cadallane de|teſting ſuch a wicked deed, cauſed him to be han|ged in open ſight of all men.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Such was the ende of Ewin: beeing thus diſpatched in priſon, in the ſeuenth yeare after he began his raigne ouer the Scottiſh men, beeing the ix.32. H.B. yeare of Auguſtus Ceſar his gouernment of the Romaine Empyre.

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