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Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was fought [...] afore battayle [...] them, for the moſte parte of thoſe that follo|wed Gilbertes commaundemente, were deſpe|rate fellowes, ſuche commonly as for murder and other heynous crimes by them committed, [figure appears here on page 275] were in daunger of the lawes, and therefore vp|on hope of pardon deſired a chaunge:Gilbert of Ga|lowaye van|quiſhe by Gil|c [...]t. but in the end yet, Gilcriſt with multitude wanne the field of them, and ſlewe mo in the chaſe than in the batayle.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Gilberte himſelfe eſcaped and got ouer into the yle of Man, & fled from thence into Ireland.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wilhelmus Paruus.Wilhelmus Paruus reporteth this matter ſomewhat otherwyſe, as thus. In the armie of king William (ſaith he) when he was taken nere vnto Anwike, were two brethren, Gilberte and Vared, that were lordes of Galloway, hauing there with them a greate retinue of their coun|treymen.

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