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Snippet: 2357 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 296) Compare 1587 edition:
1 It is ſayde,
1286.
Io. Ma.
that the day before the Kinges death, the Earle of Marche a little
before night demaũded of one Thomas Leirmont,Thomas of
Erſilton or the rymer. otherwiſe named Thomas the rymer, or as the
tranſlator of Hector Boetius hath, Tho. Erſilton who in thoſe dayes was reputed
for a notable propheſier EEBO page image 297 or as we may cal him) a [...]
[...] what wether they ſhoulde haue on the morow. To whome the ſayd Thomas
anſwered that on the morow before noone,A propheſie of a
tempeſt. ſhould blowe [...] and tempeſt, that euer was heard of in Scotlande at any time before.
Snippet: 2358 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 297) Compare 1587 edition:
1 On the [...] and bright, without cloude [...] other ſigne of foule weather, and that in [...] neare vnto the middeſt of the day, and no [...]
ſyde, but all calme and quiet, the Earle of
Marche ſente for the forenamed Thomas and tolde him that hee had myſtaken his
markes in proph [...]ſying of any ſuche notable tempeſt as he had ſpoken of the nighte before;
conſideryng it proued ſo lythe a day without appearance of any tempeſt to
enſue.
Snippet: 2359 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 297) Compare 1587 edition:
1 This Thomas ſayd little
therto, ſauing that he alledged how it was not yet paſt noone.
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