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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſun dark|ned.The ſunne in September aboute noonetide was darkned for the ſpace of two houres toge|ther, without any eclipſe or cauſe natural by in|terpoſition of clowdes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thunder.In Yorkſhire was ſo terrible thunder wyth ſtraunge lyghtening, that many abbeys & chur|ches were conſumed with the fyre.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The founda|tiõ of the ab|bey of Ar|broth, or A|berbrothok.About this ſeaſon, the abbey of Arbroth was buylt in moſt magnificent wyſe, and endowed with landes and reuenues in ſuche ample ſorte, that fewe houſes within the boundes of Albion might compare therwith.

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