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Compare 1587 edition: 1 His nauie being on the ſea, the ſame time, en|tred [figure appears here on page 343] into the Forth, and ſpoyling (as other had done afore tyme) the church of ſaynt Colme, felt reuenge thereof ſhortly after: for that ſhippe (as they tell the tale) wherin Saint Colmes goodes (for ſo they call them) were laden, ſoonke to the bottome of the ſea, without force of tempeſt, or other apparant occaſſion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The towne of Perth newly terrified.The king of Englande at his commyng to Perth, foorth of the north partes of Scotlande, and finding the town vnfortified, cauſed theſame to be newly fenſed with walles and bulwarks at the charges and only expẽſes of theſe .vj. abbeys, Abirbrothok, Couper, Lundoris, Balmerinoch, Dunfermlyn, and ſaynt Androws.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Henry Beaumount alſo, who contrarye to his othe before taken, was nowe returned with kyng Edwarde into Scotland, was made cap|taine of Saint Androws.

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