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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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