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Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 77] [...]. Indocus beyng thus ſlayne in the x. yeare of his raygne,Donald and buried with great lamentation of the peo|ple at Dunſtaſage, his brother Donald, thirde ſome to Athirco, was admitted to the king|dome, who immediatly vpon his entring into the eſtate, prepared to go into the Iſles againſt Donald that common enimie of Scotland.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But this Donald himſelfe,Donald of the Iſles inuadeth Scotland. deliuered the king of a great peece of that trauayle. For ſo ſoone as he hearde that the murther by him cõtriued was executed, he aſſembled a mightie power of the EEBO page image 78 Iland men, and tranſporting with them ouer into Roſſe, proclaymed himſelf king, perſecuting with fire and ſwoorde all ſuche as denied him o|bedience.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Donald being aduertiſed of that attẽpt of his aduerſarie, ſpeedily marcheth foorth with ſuch power as he had already aſſembled, ſending proclamations abroade, that all other appointed to ſerue, ſhould follow him with ſpeede.

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