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Compare 1587 edition: 1 William Dowglas following this aduer|tiſement, came ſecretely on a night vnto the fore|ſayd towne, and ſlue foure hundred Engliſhmen ſnorting in ſleepe and dronkenneſſe, before they were able to make any reſiſtance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The death of Androw Mur|rey the go|uernour.Not long after, Androw Murrey the gouer|nour of Scotland deceaſſed, to the great domage of the common wealth, and was buried in Roſ|marky, in the yeare after the birth of our Saui|our 1338.1338

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It came well to paſſe for Scotland, that a|bout the ſame time the king of England entring into warres agaynſt France, was conſtrayned to ceaſſe his purſute of the cõqueſt which he min|ded to make in Scotland, the which muſt needes haue come to full effecte, if he had followed hys former purpoſe and intent.

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