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Compare 1587 edition: 1 After that king Alexander had appeaſed the inteſtine commotions thus within his Realme,The Abbey of Scone. he ſet in hande to repayre the Abbey of Scone, wherein he placed regular Chanons, dedicating the Church in the honour of the Trinitie, and Saint Michael.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Not long after this alſo he chaunced to come into Saint Colmes Inche,Saint Colmes ynche. where he was con|ſtrayned to abide three dayes togither through violent rage of weather and tempeſtes: and by|cauſe he founde ſome reliefe of meate and drinke, by meanes of an hermit that dwelled within the ſame Inche and kept a Chappell there dedicate to Saint Colme, he made of that Chappell an Abbey of regular Chanons,The Abbey of Saint Colm [...] ynch builded. in the honor of ſaint Colme, endowing it with ſundrie landes and tents for the maintenance of the Abbot and con|uent of that houſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He alſo gaue vnto the Church of Saint An|drowes, the landes called the Boarrinke,Landes named the Boarrink. ſo na|med, for that a great Boare was ſlain vpon the ſayde grounde, that had done much hurt in the Countrey thereabout.Boare tuskes. The tuſkes of this Boare doe hang in Chaynes vppon the ſtalles of the Quier in Saint Androwes Church afore the high aulter, and are a .xvj. ynches in length, and foure ynches in thickneſſe.

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