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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Here in the middeſt of this extreme ieopardie (as hath bin reported) after he had made a vowe to buylde a Churche in the honour of the virgin Mary, if he myght eſcape that daunger of ſeas,A [...]ed at Dund [...]e. he ariued at length in Tay water beſyde Dun|dee, not farre from Saint Nicholas Chapell, without eyther rudder or tackle.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The place where he arriued before that time hyghte Alectum, but hee as then chaunged the name, and called it Dundee,The name of Dundee. whiche ſignifieth as though ye ſhould ſay, the gift of God.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When his brother the king heard that he was returned, ſuppoſing long tyme before, that hee had bin dead, he came ſpeedyly vnto Dundee to welcome him home, ſhewing himſelf moſt glad of his returne, in ſo muche,Proceſsion was holden. that hee cauſed pu|blike proceſſions to be celebrate thorough the re|alme, to giue God thankes that had thus reſto|red his brother home into his countrey.

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