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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Generally vnto all men he ſhewed himſelfe very gentle and tractable, thereby to winne their loues, for the better eſtabliſhment of his newe EEBO page image 75 atchieued eſtate: And hereto he employed ſuche riches as the former kings had heaped togither amongſt the Nobles; ſtudying by all meanes to auoyde all ſeditious quarels and ſecrete diſ|cordes amongſt them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus [...]ling the realme at his will for cer|taine yeares,Fortune fauo|ring Natho|l [...]cus for a [...] began to chaunge coũ|tenance. at length fortune began to ſhewe a chaunge of countenance after hir olde accuſto|mes guile. For Doorus the brother of Arthirco (whom as ye haue heard Natholocus ſuppoſed to haue bene dead wrote certaine letters ſigni|fying his owne eſtate with the welfare of his Nephewes the children of Athirco vnto certaine Scottiſhe Lordes,Doorus wry|teth vnto cer|taine Scottiſh lords, to moue them to rebel| [...]. whome hee knewe to fauour his cauſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whiche letters hee deliuered vnto a Pictiſhe woman, appoynting hyr how and to whome ſhe ſhoulde deliuer the ſame, but the woman appre|hended by the way, and brought vnto Natho|locus, hee cauſed hyr ſecretely to be ſacked and throwen into a riuer.

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