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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Camus perceiuing the diſcõfiture to light on his ſide, with a ſmal cõpanie about him,Camus's ſlaine. thought to haue eſcaped by flight vnto ye next moũtains, but being purſued of his enimies, he was ſlayne by them ere he was got .ij. miles frõ the place of the bataile. The place where he was ſlayne, is named after him vnto this day, & called Came|ſtone,An Obeliske. where is an Obeliſke ſet vp in memory of the thing, with his picture grauen therein, and likewiſe of thoſe that ſlewe him. The princi|pal flear of Camus was one Keith,The houſe of Keithes ad|uaunced to honour. a yong gen|telman of right hardy courage, whoſe ſeruice in the batayle was very notable, in recompence wherof he was rewarded by K. Malcolme, with ſundry lands and fayre poſſeſſions in Louthian. EEBO page image 235 His family ſaith Hector Boetius) hath and doth continue in great honour amongſt Scottiſhmẽ euen vnto this day, and is decorated with the of|fice of the Marſhalſhip of Scotland, to the high renowme and fame thereof, amongſt the chiefeſt peeres of the realme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Danes ſlaine at Adirlemnon.An other companie of the Danes fleing from this ouerthrow were ſlayne at Adirlemnon, not paſt .iiij. miles from Brechyn, where is ſet vp a great ſtone or Obeliſke, grauen with certayne characters or letters, to aduertiſe them that paſſe that wayes forth, of this ſlaughter of Danes there made by our worthy elders. The reſidue of the Danes that eſcaped with life from the fielde, hauing certaine Scottiſhmen to theyr guydes corrupted wt monie fled to theyr ſhips, declaring to their fellowes what miſhap had for [...]med.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Malcolme after he had obtayned this famous victorie (as before is ſayde) at Barre;The deuiding of the ſpoyle. he cauſed the ſpoile of the field to be deuided amõgſt his ſouldiers according to the lawes of armes, and then cauſed the dead bodies of the Danes to be buried in the place where the fielde had bene fought, and the bodies of the Scottiſhmẽ which were found dead, were conueyed vnto places of Chriſtian buriall, and there buried with funerall obſequies in ſundry churches & churchyardes.

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