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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Tiuidall alſo was recouered out of the Eng|liſh mens handes, with diuerſe other places,Tiuidall reco|uered out of the Engliſh mens handes by William Dowglas. about this time, by the high prowes and manly vali|ancie of William Dowglas and other Scottiſh Captaines: and therefore in the rewarde of the good ſeruice ſhewed by the ſame William in cõ|queſt of that countrey, he enioyed the ſame af|terward as his rightful inheritance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The King of Englande moued with highe diſpleaſure at theſe doings,Sir Thomas Bercklay. ſente a ryght va|liaunt Knight named Sir Thomas Berck|lay wyth a greate power of men into Scot|land:.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agaynſt whome came William Dowglas,The battail of Blackborne. and Robert Stewarde the Gouernour, and gaue him battaile at Blackeborne, where the Scottes were diſcomfited and ſo beaten downe, that few of them eſcaped, whiche were not eyther ſlaine or taken. Notwithſtanding, the two Captaines ſaued themſelues by flight.

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