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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Other hauing a ſpeciall regarde to the quiet of theyr common wealth, doubted leaſt if they crowned a chylde to theyr kyng during his mi|noritie, it coulde not be, but that there ſhoulde follow ſtryfe, enuie, and contention, for the go|uernaunce of his perſon and realme amõgſt the Nobles, and that in ſuche wiſe, as the people be|ing diuided into ſundrie factions, the due admi|niſtration of iuſtice ſhoulde be neglected, the Nobles bearing and bolſtering vp all kindes of iniuries done or committed by any of their par|takers.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And though it might ſo happen that they a|greed vppon one ſpeciall gouernour, as reaſon was they ſhoulde, yet ſhoulde he ſeeke to ad|uaunce his kinſfolkes more than reaſon happely required, and peraduenture do things other|waies muche diſpleaſant to no ſmall number of them, by that his priuate authoritie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And againe the King ſhoulde no ſooner come to yeares of any diſcretion, but one or o|ther woulde put him in minde to take vpon him to rule the whole himſelfe, before he vnderſtoode what charge he had in hande: and by reaſon of his frayle youth he lightly woulde not followe the councell of any, but ſuche as conſented vn|to him in his ſenſuall luſtes and inordinate [...]|ſies, whiche commonly raygne in ſuche Princes as take vppon them gouernance of realmes be|fore they knowe (through wante of ſufficien [...] yeares) how to gouerne themſelues.

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