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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame day that the battail was foughten, a knight clad in fayre bright armour, declared to the people at Aberdene, how the Scots had got|ten a famous victorie againſt the Engliſh men, and was ſene ſhortly after to paſſe ouer Pictland Fyrth on horſebacke.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It was ſuppoſed by the people that this was S. Magnus, ſomtime prince of Orkney, and for that cauſe K. Robert endowed ye church of Ork|ney wt .v. lb ſterling of ye cuſtoms of Aberdene, to furniſh the ſame church, with bread, wine, & wax.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Many noble men for their approued man|hood ſhewed in this conflict, were highly rewar|ded at the handes of king Robert.

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