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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Mor|dacke. [figure appears here on page 154] A Little before his death, he betoke the poſſeſ|ſion of his king|dom vnto Mor|dacke that ſuc|ceeded him.Mordack ſuc|ceedeth Euge|nius the .vii.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This Mor|dack was the ne|phew of Euge|nius the vij. by his brother Ambirkeleth: and euen as he was knowne to be of a gentle, meke, and liberal nature before his aduauncement to the crowne, ſo hee ſhewed himſelfe to be the verie ſame man during the whole courſe of all his naturall lyfe, after hee had atteyned to the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Aboue all things he wiſhed a generall peace to continue amongeſt all the Princes of Al|bion,A louer of peace. and therevpon for his part eſtabliſhing a peace with the Pictes, Brytaynes, and all the Engliſh Kings, hee firmely kept euerie article therein conteyned.

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