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Compare 1587 edition: 1 After his returne into Scotlande, he ſent meſ|ſengers into Hollande,Warres be|twixt the Erle of Mar and the Hollanders. requyring to haue the iſ|ſues and profites of ſuch lands as were due vnto him in right of the ſayde Counteſſe his wife, but receyuing nought but a frowarde anſwere, hee prouided him of ſhippes, and made ſore warres on the Hollanders by ſea: firſt being put to the worſe, but at length he tooke a nũber of their ſhips laden with Marchandize, as they were returning homewardes from Dantzicke.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Truce betwixt the Scots and Hollanders for terme of one hundred yere.The Mariners were drowned, and the ſhips burnt. Through which loſſe, the Hollanders be|ing ſore abaſhed, fell to a compoſition wyth him, and tooke truce with the Scottes for an hun|dred yeares.

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