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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Carmelite Friers came at this tyme in|to Scotland,The firſt com|ming of the Carmelite Friers. and erected a Chappell of our La|die without the walles of Saint Iohns towne, which the Biſhop of Dunkeld appoynted them, therein to celebrate their ſeruice.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It was alſo ſayde, that in this ſeaſon a Monk of Melroſſe was admoniſhed in a dream,A part of the holy Croſſe founde. where he ſhoulde finde a part of the holy Croſſe, not farre from Peplis in Louthian, encloſed in a Caſe engrauen wyth the tytle of Saint Ni|cholas.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And not farre from the ſame, was lykewiſe founde a ſtone Cheſte, right cunningly wrought and engrauen, wherein were founde certaine bones wrapped in ſilk, but whoſe bones the ſame were, it was not knowne.

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