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Compare 1587 edition: 1 There came diuerſe alſo oute of Hungarie with Queene Margaret, who likewiſe left theyr names to their families,Surnames of Hungarians. which yet remaine euen vnto this day, as Creichtoun, Fotringham, Gif|fart, Meluil, Borthwike, and other.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo there haue come at ſundrie ſeaſons out of Fraunce diuerſe ſurnames into Scotlande as Fraſeir, Sinclare, Boſwell, Mowtray,Surnames of French men. Mount|gummery, Campbel, Boys, Betoun, or Betuin, Taillefer, and Bothwell, beſides ſundrie other whiche were but ſuperfluous to rehearſe at this tyme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But to the order of the Hyſtorie: It is re|corded by writers, that theſe (which at this time came out of Englande vnto Edgar) brought great quantitie of golde and ſiluer with them: alſo many relikes of Saints, and amongſt other that blacke croſſe which king Dauid gaue vnto the Abbey of holy Rood houſe in Louthiã,The blacke croſſe. which he founded at his owne charge.

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