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Compare 1587 edition: 1 It chaunced that a noble man in Argile (be|ing one of no ſmall authoritie amongſt the peo|ple of that countrey) named Natholocus, had twoo fayre yong Gentlewomen to his daugh|ters:The villanous acte of Athir|co, in abuſing a Noble mans daughters. now the king being very deſirous to ſatiſfie his luſt vpon them, forced them both the one af|ter the other, and not ſo content, deliuered them afterwardes to be abuſed in the ſemblable ſorte by his pages and ſeruaunts. The father vnder|ſtanding this villanie done to his daughters by theyr owne lamentable complaint, ſente for his friendes, and opening vnto them the whole mat|ter, he requyred theyr aſſiſtaunce.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 They being in a wonderfull furie to heare of ſuche an iniurie done to their bloud,The kinſmen and friends of the gentlewo|men conſpire againſt Athir|co. promiſed in reuenge thereof to ſpende bothe life, landes and goodes, and foorthwith departing in ſunder, they prepared themſelues to aſſemble theyr powers, procuring a greate number of other Noble men to ioyne with them in ſo neceſſarie an enterpriſe, as to rid the countrey of ſuche a caytife wretch, reſpecting nothing but the ſatiſfying of his fil|thie carnal luſtes, and the accompliſhment of his moſt beaſtly appetites.

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