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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He threw alſo the walles of that town to the ground, and filled the ditch with the rampyre.

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