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Compare 1587 edition: 1 About the ſame time ſir William Mountagew Erle of Saliſburie,The Caſtel of Dunbar is be|ſieged by the Earles of Sa|lisburie and Arondall. togither with the Erle of A|rondall came into Scotland with a great power of men, & beſieged the caſtell of Dunbar, lying at the ſame for the ſpace of .xxij. weekes.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Blacke Agnes of Dunbar.Within the whiche Caſtell was the Coun|teſſe hir ſelfe, ſurnamed black Agnes of Dunbar, who ſhewed ſuch manly defence, that no gayne was to be got any wayes forth at hir handes, ſo that in the ende they were conſtrayned to rayſe theyr ſiege, and to depart without ſpeede of their purpoſe.

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