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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iohn Copland captain of Rokeſbourgh to re|ſiſt ſuch enterpriſes gathered a number of men, & came forth againſt his enimies,Iohn Copland chaſed. but receyuing the ouerthrow, he was chaſed into Rokeſbourgh a|gaine, with loſſe of diuerſe of his men.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare next following, which was from the incarnation 1349.1349 there came ſuch a peſtilence through al partes of Scotland, ſo vehement and contagious,The ſeconde peſtilence that was heard of in Scotland. that it ſlue neare hande the third part of all the people. This was the ſecond time that the peſtilence was knowne or heard of to haue come in Scotland.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame yeare (or as other bookes haue, the yeare next enſuing) one Iohn Saint Mighell ſlue ſir Dauid Berclay knight at Aberdene in the night ſeaſon,Sir Dauid Berclay ſlaine. by procurement of ſir William Dowglas of Liddeſdale, as thẽ priſoner in Eng|land with the Earle of Dowglas, both of them beeyng taken at Durham fielde.

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