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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earles of Mar & March [...]er their people.Ballyoll ryght ioyful of this happie ſucceſſe, came with his people to Perth, otherwiſe called S. Iohns towne, wherof the erles of Mar and March being aduertiſed, they reiſed two mightie armies, and haſted towarde the enimies, not as though they ſhuld haue to doe with men of war, but to chaſtiſe a number of theeues & robbers that were come out of Englande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length yet they concluded to ioyn both to|gether in Stratherne, that they might ioyntly ſet vpon their enimies both at once.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Ballyoll ſeeing the matter broughte ſo farfoorth, that no feare of death nor ſtarting hole by flight might auayle him, boldly came fore|ward,Edward Bal|lyol at Duplin and pitched downe his tentes at Duplyn neare to the water of Erne, truſtyng that if his armie would ſtande to it, and fighte with man|lyke conſtancie, he ſhould weyld his enimies wel ynough, notwithſtanding their huge number.

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