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Compare 1587 edition: 1 30. of Marche being good Friday. Anno 1295. H. B.Thus was Barwike wonne the .xxx. day of Marche in the yere .1296.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Suche abundance of bloud was ſpilled tho|rough all partes of the towne (as the Scottiſhe Chronicles teſtifie) that where at a falling tyde the water was not able to dryue aboute the mil|nes,The abundãce of bloud ſpilled. ſome of the ſame mylnes yet,Streames aug|mented with bloud. were nowe at a lowe water ſet on gate, by reaſon the ſtreames were ſo hugely augmented with bloud.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were ſlayne aboue .vij. thouſand per|ſons that day with the greateſt parte of all the nobles and gentlemen of Fyfe and Louthian.

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