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Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Graym (who as I ſayde was chiefe of this enterpryſe) was brother vnto the Scot|tiſh Queene, the wife of king Ferguſe.Graim, other|wiſe called Graham, and his lynage. He was borne in Denmarke (as ſome holde opinion) in the time of the Scottiſh mens baniſhment, and had a Scottiſh man to his father deſcended of a noble houſe, and a Daniſh Ladie to his mother. He himſelfe alſo maried a noble woman of that nation, and had by hir a daughter,Ferguſe ma|ried a daugh|ter of Graym. whome Fer|guſe by the perſwaſion of the king of Denmarke tooke to wife, and had iſſue by hir (afore his com|ming into Scotlande) three ſonnes, Eugenius, Dongarus, & Conſtantius, of whom hereafter in their place mention ſhall bee made, as occaſion ſerueth.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Other there be,Diuerſitie of opinions tou|ching the ori|ginall begin|ning of the Graymes. that affyrme how this Graym was a Brytayne borne, and that through hate which he bare towardes the Romaines for their cruell gouernment, he fledde forth of his natiue Countrey, and continued euer after amongſt the Scottes, as firſt in Denmarke, and after|wardes in Albion, euer readie to doe what diſpleaſures hee coulde deuiſe agaynſt the Ro|maynes EEBO page image 98 and other theyr friendes or ſubiectes. Of thys Graym thoſe Scottes which vnto this day beare that ſurname, are ſayde to bee diſ|cended.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to the purpoſe, ye ſhall vnderſtand, that after that it was knowne in forraine coun|treys, howe the Scottes had gotte foote agayne within thoſe Regions in Albion, which theyr elders of auncient tyme had poſſeſſed, there came dayly dyuerſe companyes of that Nation out of Spaine,The Scottiſh men returne into theyr Countrey. Fraunce, Germanie, and Italye, (where during the tyme of theyr baniſhment they had ſerued vnder ſundrye Captaynes) vnto Ferguſe to ayde hym, in recouerie of theyr Countrey and auncient ſeates,Ferguſe inua|deth the con|fines of the Brytaynes. oute of the whiche they had beene moſte cruelly expulſed. So that Ferguſe nowe ſeeing hys power thus not a little augmented by theyr comming, en|tereth into the borders of Kyle, Carrik, and Cunningham, ſpoyling and harrying thoſe Countreys on euery ſide: but ſhortly therevpon commeth the armie of the Romains,The Scots put to the worſe. with whom the Scottes encountering in battaile, receyued no leſſe domage than they minded to haue done vnto theyr aduerſaries. Wherevpon being for|ced to leaue that Countrey, they drewe backe into Argyle, where Ferguſe wyntered for that part of the yeare which yet remayned.

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