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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the .xxvij.Great rayne. yeare of hys raigne the Ri|uers and other waters roſe on ſuche heigth throughe aboundaunce of rayn [...] that fell in the latter ende of Harueſt,Great rayne. that breaking foorth of theyr common Chanelles, wyth theyr violent ſtreame manye houſes and townes were borne downe and deſtroyed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 About thys tyme lyned diuerſe notable Cler|kes, as Iohn Duns of the order of Saint Fran|cis, Richard Middleton, and William Ocham,Iohn Duns. with other.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Dauid beeing thus deade and buryed,The aſſemble of the Lordes for the electi|on of a new king. the Nobles aſſembled at Lythquo aboute the election of hym that ſhoulde ſucceede in hys place.

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