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Compare 1587 edition: 1 He alſo erected one new biſhops ſee called Ar|gyle,The erection of the ſea of Argyle. giuing therto ſufficient landes towards the mayntenance and ſuſtentation thereof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this, cõming vnto the towne of Ber|tha, he had not remayned there many dayes,The towne of Bertha drow|ned by inun|dation. but that there chaunced ſuch a floud, by reaſon of the riſing & inundation of the two riuers Taye and Almound, that through violence of the ſtreame the towne walles were borne downe, and muche people in the town drouned, ere they could make anye ſhifte to ſaue themſelues,The king in daunger of drowning. in ſo muche that though the king wyth his wyfe and the moſte parte of his familie eſcaped oute of that greate danger and ieopardie, his yongeſt ſonne yet na|med Iohn, with his nourſe and .xij. other wo|men periſhed, & .xx. other of his ſeruantes beſide.Iohn the kin|ge: ſonne is drowned.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Here was heard ſuch clamour, noyſe and la|mentable cryes, as is vſed in tyme when anye towne is ſodenly taken and ſurpriſed by the eni|mies: for as the common Prouerbe witneſſeth, fyre and water haue no mercie: and yet of theſe two, water is more terrible and daungerous: for there is no force or witte of man able to reſiſte the violence of inundations, wher they ſodeynly breake in.

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