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Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the other ſide, the Engliſh men truſted that al things would proſper with them, euen as they could beſt deuiſe: for by one ſmall dayes la|bour they hoped to be Lordes of all Scotlande, and to diſpoſe of the landes and goodes of theyr enimies as ſhoulde ſeeme to them good and moſt for their owne auaile.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But king Robert all the night before the bat|taile tooke little reſt, hauing greate care in hys mynde for the ſuretie of his armie, one while re|uoluing in his conſideration this chaunce, and an other while that, yea and ſometymes he fell to de|uout contemplation,Saint Phillane making his prayer to God and Saint Phillane, whoſe arme as it was ſet and encloſed in a ſiluer caſe, he ſuppoſed had bene the ſame time within his tent, truſting the bet|ter fortune to follow by preſence thereof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time, as he was thus making his prayers, the caſe ſodenly opened, and clapped to againe. The Kings Chaplaine being preſent, aſtonied therewith, went to the aulter where the caſe ſtoode,A [...]tle chap|laine. and finding the arme within it, hee cried to the king and other that were preſent, how there was a great myracle wrought, confeſſing that he brought the emptie caſe to the fielde, and left the arme at home, leaſt that Relyke ſhoulde haue beene loſt in the fielde, if any thing chaunced to the armie otherwayes than well.

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