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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Acho king of Norway.Acho King of Norway, being informed how the Scottes were thus oppreſſed with ſamine and other miſeryes, by report of them that made the ſame more than it was in deede, ſuppoſed to fynde tyme and occaſion fytte for hys pur|poſe, to ſubdue them wholy to his dominion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon, preparing an armie and fleete of Shippes, conuenient for ſuch an enterpriſe, hee landed with the ſame in the Weſterne Iles, on Lammas daye otherwyſe called Petri Ad|uincula.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The weſterne Iles vnder ſub|iection of the Danes and Norwegians.Thoſe Iles continued vnder ſubiection of the Norwegians and Danes from King Edgars time vnto the dayes of this Acho.

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