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Compare 1587 edition: 1 And to acknowledge the diligence herein of the Lieutenant they did inſtitute publike plaies to be vſed and celebrate euery yere,A Lion crow|ned. wherin with many pompous ceremonies they crowne a Lion. And further that there ſhould be kept vpon the charges of the common treaſurie within the Citie certain Lions for the ſa [...]d Lord William gaue a Lion [figure appears here on page 164] for his cogniſance) and thervpon as the Scottiſh Chronicles affyrme,Lions kept at Florence. thoſe beaſtes grew to be had in ſuch honor amongſt the Florentines.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus this valiant Captain, the foreſayd Lord William, paſſing his time in noble exerciſes, and worthie feates of chiualrie vnder king Charles, is accounted in the number of thoſe .xij. martiall warriours, whiche are called commonly by the Scottiſh men, Scotteſgylmore.Scotteſgyl|more.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And for that he was continually occupied in warres, he was neuer maried,William vn|maried ma|keth Chriſt his heyre. Monaſteries of Scotiſhmen in Germanie. wherevpõ growing in age and purpoſing to make Chriſt his heyre, he buylded diuerſe Abbayes and monaſteries both in Italy & Germanie, richly indowing ye ſame with landes and rents, ſufficient for the finding of ſuch number of Monkes, as he appoynted to be in the ſayd Abbayes, wherein none might be admitted, according to the auncient ordinance by him deui|ſed, except he were a Scottiſh man borne.

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