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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe lay thus at ſiege of this towne for the EEBO page image 335 ſpace of ten weekes, and though ſundrie tymes they gaue alarmes and aſſaultes to it, yet was it ſo ſtoutly defended by Engliſhe men and other within, that the Scots for a long time lo [...] more than they wanne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length when they were in maner out of all hope to get the towne, and readie to haue de|parted from it,William Dow|glas returneth out of France. William Dowglas arriued in the Tay, bringing with him out of Fraunce in fiue ſhippes, both men of warre, and alſo [...]|tion of armure, artillerie, and weapons, whiche ſerued the Scottiſh men in that ſeaſon greatly to purpoſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iohn FourdonAmongſt other, there were two knightes of the family of Caſtegaliard, and two Eſquiers, Giles de la Hois, and Iohn de Breyfe: alſo a noble Pirate, named [...]gh Handpile, who had the charge ouer the foreſayde fiue ſhippes.

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