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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Againſt this Gilbert was Gilcriſt ſent with awar [...] [...] for the king.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was fought [...] afore battayle [...] them, for the moſte parte of thoſe that follo|wed Gilbertes commaundemente, were deſpe|rate fellowes, ſuche commonly as for murder and other heynous crimes by them committed, [figure appears here on page 275] were in daunger of the lawes, and therefore vp|on hope of pardon deſired a chaunge:Gilbert of Ga|lowaye van|quiſhe by Gil|c [...]t. but in the end yet, Gilcriſt with multitude wanne the field of them, and ſlewe mo in the chaſe than in the batayle.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Gilberte himſelfe eſcaped and got ouer into the yle of Man, & fled from thence into Ireland.

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