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Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 In the moneth of Iune, Maſter Gawin Dũ|bar, Archdeane of Saint Androwes, and Clearke of the Regiſter, was preferred to the Biſhops ſeate of Abberdene yt was vacant by the death of Alexander Gourdon. This Gawin founded an Hoſpitall in Abberdene,The Biſhop of Aberdine a builder. and endowed the ſame with lands for ſuſtenance of twelue poore men, with a prouoſt to haue care ouer them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He alſo builded a faire bridge, with ſeuen ar|ches ouer the water of Dee beſide Aberdene, and purchaſed landes, for the perpetuall vpholding thereof.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He alſo builded two Steeples in the Cathe|drall Church, with halfe of the croſſe Church and a faire Palace for the ſmall Prebendaries, called the Chaplaynes.

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