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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare following, which was after the incarnation 1311.

1311.

Caſtels reco|uered by king Robert.

king Robert chaſed the Eng|liſh men out of all partes of Scotlande, winning many caſtels out of their handes, diuerſe of the which he razed and conſumed with fire.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this entring at ſundrie times into Eng|land, with his fierce armie,King Robert inuadeth Eng|lande. he brought frõ thence innumerable booties of cattell and other ryches, afflicting the Engliſhe men with like ſlaughter and calamities as the Scottes had ſuffered in the yeres before by the outragious force and puiſ|ſance of king Edwarde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the eight day of Ianuarie next enſuing, King Robert wanne by fine force the ſtrong towne of Perth,The towne of Perth reco|uered, otherwiſe cal|led S. Iohns towne. ſleaing and hanging all the people both Engliſh, and Scottiſh, which were found in the ſame.

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