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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thoſe that were appoynted to bee deliuered to the king with their captaine,Execution. ſuffered death by [figure appears here on page 69] ſentence of the Nobles and Peeres of the realme. Whereat the other taking indignation, thoughe they had alreadie yeelded vppe theyr weapons, yet beganne they to fall vppon the Scottes with hurling of ſtones, and other ſuche things as came to hande, tyll finallye they were bea|ten downe by the armed Souldiers, and a greate number of them ſlayne: the reſidue eſ|caping as well as they myght, fledde into the Mountaynes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Iſlande menne beeing thus vanqui|ſhed, and the Romaines attempting nothing a|gaynſt the Scottiſhe men or Pictes,Ethodius viſi|teth his coun|treys, to ſee iuſtice main|teyned. Ethodius viſited all the partes of his Realme, taking order for the due execution of Iuſtice amongeſt hys ſubiects.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And for that hee woulde not ſpende his time in idleneſſe, beeing nowe at reſt from warres, hee beganne to exerciſe himſelfe in hunting, and for the better nouriſhing of game,He giueth him ſelfe to hun|ting, and cau|ſeth the lawes for the main|tenaunce of game to bee well kept and looked vnto. hee tooke or|der that all ſuche ordinances as had beene deui|ſed by his elders, ſhoulde ſtraytely bee obſerued and kept: as that no man ſhoulde bee ſo hardie to goe aboute to deſtroy any Hares with nettes, grennes, or Harepypes: Neither to kill them in theyr formes by anye meanes: nor after that they had beene once courſed and eſcaped, to follow the ſute, to the entente to ſtarte them a|gayne. Alſo that none ſhoulde goe aboute to kyll anye Harte or Hynde, during all the Win|ter ſeaſon, at what tyme they were accuſto|med for hunger to leaue the Mountaynes, For|reſtes, and Wooddes, and to come downe into the fieldes and couertes, neare vnto the townes and houſes.

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