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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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1 It is ſayde, that this
Counteſſe vſed manye pleaſant wordes in ieaſting and taunting at the enimies
doings, thereby the more to encourage hir ſouldiers.
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