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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Camus being once landed, got him to the next hill, and beholding the ruines of the towne of Monfros, which a few yeares before had bene deſtroyed by the Danes, hee reioyced not a litle for that his chaunce was to come a lande in the ſelfe ſame place, where the Danes had earſt van|quiſhed their enimies, hoping of like lucke in this his enterpryſe and preſent expedition.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this,Camus mar|cheth through Angus. he tooke his iourney through An|gus, ſparing no maner of crueltie that might be deuiſed: Cities, Townes, villages, & Churches, EEBO page image 234 with all maner of other buildings publike and priuate were conſumed with fire.The crueltie of the Danes

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At his coming to Brechyn, for that the caſtel there in thoſe dayes was of ſuche ſtrength, that it might not be haſtely wone,The towne & church of Bre|chyn deſtroy|ed. he cauſed the towne and churche being right fayre and ſumptuouſly builde in honour of the trinitie (to whom it was dedicate) to be ſpoyled & ſo raſed to the earth, that one ſtone was not left ſtanding vpon an other.

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