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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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Compare 1587 edition: 1 And not long after, William Dowglas fought with his enimies at the Cragings, where hauing not paſt a .xl. men in his companie,Sir Iohn Striueling diſcomfited. hee diſcomfited ſir Iohn Striueling, who had with him neare hande fiue hundred Engliſh men and Scottes, that tooke his part in the king of Eng|landes quarell.

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