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Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Conranus (otherwiſe alſo called by ſome Goranus) being eſtabliſhed king, firſt tooke order that the ſonnes of his brother Congall be|ing within age, ſhoulde be brought vp in the Ile of Man, vnder the gouernance of certain [...] wyſe inſtructors and ſcholemaiſters, to be trayned in learning and vertuous diſcipline, according to an auncient ordenance thereof made and enacted.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo doubting leaſt peace and quietneſſe nowe after long warres,The earneſt diligence of Conranus for maintenance of good or|ders amongſt his ſubiects. ſhould miniſter matter to his people of rayſing ſome commotion, to the diſtur|bance of all ciuill order and politike gouernment within his realme, hee code as it had bene in cir|cuite rounde about the ſame, making inquirie of all maner offenders, on whom he cauſed due pu|niſhment to be executed, without reſpect eyther of kyth or kinne,

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And amongſt other enormities, which he vn|derſtoode to be vſed in maner through al his coũ|treys, this (as hee thought was moſt greeuous, that the huſbandmen, and other commons of the Countrey, being euil intreated and miſuſed at the gentlemens handes, durſt not complaine, nor procure any redreſſe: by reaſon whereof, when they were oppreſſed or ſuffered any manner of wrong or iniurie,A goodly or|denance deui|ſed by Con|ranus for re|liefe of his commons. they were without remedie to haue the ſame reformed, he ordeyned therefore, that the names of al ſuch offenders, with the ma|ner of their offences ſhoulde bee ſecretly regiſtred in a booke euerie yeare, by certaine Inquiſitours thereto choſen and appoynted, and if it chaunced that thoſe which were thus accuſed, might after|wardes be founde guiltie before the kings Iuſti|ces by matter plainly proued agaynſt them, they ſhoulde then be ſure to bee puniſhed according to the meaſure of their offences.

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