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Compare 1587 edition: 1 One day it chaunced that the Engliſhe men had deuiſed an engine called a Sow,An engine cal|led a Sowe. vnder the pentiſe or couer wherof they might approch ſafe|ly to the walles: ſhe beholding this engine, mery|ly ſayde, that oneleſſe the Engliſh men kept their Sow the better, ſhe woulde make hir to caſt hir pigges.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A great dearth and alſo a death in Scot|lande.In the yeare next after this ſiege, there was ſuch a dearth through all the boundes of Scot|land, which ſuch mortalitie of people, as a grea|ter had not lightly beene ſeene nor heard of. The cauſe of whiche mortalitie proceeded (as was thought for that the ground lay vntilled and not occupied, by reaſon of the continuall warres be|fore paſſed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 All the ſouldiers that kept the Caſtel of Cow|per,The Caſtell of Cowper left voyde. for lacke of vytayles left the houſe voyde, and comming to the ſea ſide, hyred a ſhippe to haue paſſed into Englande, but through negligence of the maiſter Mariner, they fell vpon a ſande bed, and ſo were caſt away.

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