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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Emperour Claudius vppon reſpecte as was thought of his Princely behauiour and notifyed valiauncie, reſtored hym to libertye,Caratake re|ſtored to li|bertie. and reteyning hys daughter and eldeſt brother at Rome as pledges, vpon his othe receyued to bee a true ſubiect vnto the Empyre, he ſent him home into his Countrey againe, aſſigning vn|to hym the gouernance of Galloway, with Kile, Carricke and Cunningham.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He lyued not paſſing a two yeares after hys returne into Scotlande,Caratake departeth this life. ſtudying moſt chiefely during that tyme howe to preſerue hys people in peace and quietneſſe. Hee departed thys worlde one and twentie yeares after the de|ceaſſe of hys vncle Metellane, in the yeare of our Lorde .54.54

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A little before hys falling into the handes of the Romaines,Straunge ſightes ſeene. there were ſundrye ſtraunge ſyghtes ſeene in Albion, as fighting of horſe|menne abroade in the fieldes, wyth greate ſlaughter, as ſeemed on bothe partyes: and forthwyth the ſame ſo vanyſhed awaye, that no appearaunce of them coulde any where bee perceyued.

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