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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Danes ſlaine neare vnto Gemmer.This conflict was fought neare vnto Gem|mer a village or towne in Buchquhan, where in memorie thereof, lie many greate bones of the Danes to be ſeene, yet euen vnto theſe dayes. It ſhould appeare by the ſame bones, that men in former time were of more huge bowke and ſtature, than they be at this preſent.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The other Danes which were on ſhip borde, vnderſtanding what had happened to their fel|lowes (bicauſe they returned not againe to the EEBO page image 236 ſhippes) ſo ſoone as the winde came aboute for their purpoſe, hoyſed vp ſayles, and tooke theyr courſe foorth right towardes Murraylande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time king Sueno hearing of theſe ouerthrowes whiche his people had in ſuch ſort receyued at the Scottiſhmens handes, as a prince of a right haulte courage, not lightly o|uercome with any aduerſe fortune, made prepa|ration in all ſpeedy wiſe to be reuenged,Sueno prepa|reth the third time to inuade Scotland. appoin|ting his brother Canute, as then hauing the ad|miniſtration of Denmarke, to come from thence with a newe fleete and army againſt the Scots

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